• Friday Night Lecture Series: “Triumph at LIGO”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    (GUEST SPEAKER: R. Mishael Sedas of LIGO) It has been ten years since that breathtaking announcement by the LIGO facilities in Louisiana and Washington State. The confirmation of the existence ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 6:38pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 7:59pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • Science Academy: “Rockets of the Future”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Cadets may believe that rocket technology has already been perfected. Yet engineers reveal more and more test results which may take the ability to lift human beings, satellites and cargo ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 6:37pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off ...

  • Solar Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light, directly in hydrogen-alpha wavelength and directly in calcium-K wavelength) ...

  • Baton Rouge Astronomical Society Meeting

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    For over four decades the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, and factors to consider when buying a ...

  • The Self-Guided Tour

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 6:30pm CDT This tour starts at HRPO and ends at your home! Three annual Self-Guided Tours will occur (with the others to follow in early November next year, and ...

  • Science Academy: “Spinoff Technology”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sometimes a device, substance or way of doing something created specifically for an internal goverment job migrates into the lives of everyday citizens. Cadets may have experienced them in the ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    CANCELLED. Sunset, 6:29pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights ...

  • Comet Lemmon Viewing

    Burbank Soccer Complex 12400 Burbank Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    Sunset, 6:25pm CDT A bright comet awaits! Weather permitting, viewing of Comet Lemmon will be attempted. Twilight Ends, 7:46pm CDT

  • Comet Lemmon Viewing

    Burbank Soccer Complex 12400 Burbank Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    Sunset, 6:24pm CDT A bright comet awaits! Weather permitting, viewing of Comet Lemmon will be attempted. Twilight Ends, 7:45pm CDT NOAA Forecast (Very Good): precipitation potential 0%, sky cover 34%, ...

  • Comet Lemmon Viewing

    Burbank Soccer Complex 12400 Burbank Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    Sunset, 6:23pm CDT A bright comet awaits! Weather permitting, viewing of Comet Lemmon will be attempted. Twilight Ends, 7:45pm CDT NOAA Forecast (Good): precipitation potential 0%, sky cover 50%, relative ...