March 2026

Overnight excitement as we witness one of nature's most spectacular events! While crossing from Leo into Sextans and then back into Leo, our Moon will enter Earth's shadows. There are ...

It’s not light. It’s not dark. It’s that special time called twilight and HRPO wants to introduce you to it! Are all sections of the sky the same shade of ...

In May 1961, the United States vowed to send human beings to the Moon before the onset of the 1970s. Project Gemini was the proving ground for the technology that ...

Sunset, 6:07pm CST. Twilight Ends, 7:28pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below the horizon. ...

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