• Natural Sky Conference

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    NOAA Forecast (Good): precipitation potential 8%, sky cover 29%, relative humidity 90%, temperature 24C, wind SW 6 km Quite possibly the most important hours a stakeholder will spend at HRPO ...

  • Science Academy: “ISS Expedition 12”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The International Space Station is one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. From September 2005 to April 2006, Bill McArthur and Valery Tokarev conducted experiments and did what ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 5:04pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:29pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be below the horizon. ...

  • Solar Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    NOAA Forecast (Good): precipitation potential 5%, sky cover 51%, relative humidity 66%, temperature 21C, wind SE 12 km Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly ...

  • STEM Expansion: “Anatomy”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    This program offers advanced topics, activity extensions and all-new games and demonstrations to older youth. Certificates are earned and archived as well as modern experiments take place. There are also giveaways ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 5:03pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:29pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...