• Friday Night Lecture Series: “Wonders of the Fall Sky”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    There is a NOAA Air Quality Alert until 12am. Leaves and temperatures are falling. BREC Education Program Specialist Amy Northrop takes the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge’s ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:13pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:34pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below the horizon. ...

  • Science Academy: “Saturn”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    It is a special year for the ringed beauty. The tilt of our view is allowing the rings to come back into focus, and the largest moon Titan is performing ...

  • Plus Night: “The Outer Giants”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    There is a NOAA Air Quality Alert until 12am. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, ...

  • 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) ...

  • Titan Transit of Saturn

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    An amazing series of transits of Titan (the largest moon of Saturn) across its parent planet's disc has been taking place for months now. This last full one is the ...

  • Science Academy: “The Spooky Session”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    It’s the Saturday before the Spooky Spectrum! Cadets will preview some of that event’s concepts, experiencing creepy legends and tales from the annals of space exploration while delving into a ...

  • Saturnian Opposition

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Saturn is rising as the Sun is setting. The Earth and Saturn are now the closest they will be to each other this year! Weather permitting, viewing of Saturn will ...

  • Neptunian Opposition

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Neptune is rising as the Sun is setting. The Earth and Neptune are now the closest they will be to each other this year! Weather permitting, viewing of Neptune will ...

  • 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) ...

  • STEM Expansion: “Aerospace Engineering II”

    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, 6:54pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 24° in ...