• The Edge of Night

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    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 ...

  • Science Academy: “The Gemini Program”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    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 ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    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. ...

  • 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 lunar, planetary and deep-sky gazing; and factors to consider when buying ...