CANCELLED —  HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon at a maximum ...

The Light Pollution Committee is an education effort overseen by the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society. The public is invited. The LPC teaches people what light pollution is, what the different ...

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 ...

What violent process can cause a star to temporarily outshine its surroundings by factors of up to hundreds of thousands--if not millions--and survive, only to do it all over again ...

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon at a maximum altitude of 43° in Virgo. Please keep headlights off ...

The closest planet to the Sun, the fastest to go around the Sun and the smallest official planet. They are all Mercury! In time for its upcoming evening elongation, Cadets ...

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon at a maximum altitude of 48° in Virgo. Please keep headlights off ...

Tom Northrop (former BREC Center Supervisor) will present an extended highlighting of the trip that three men took--as the rest of the human species watched, waited, hoped and cheered. Assisted ...

CANCELLED —  HRPO will close by at least 9:45pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon at a maximum ...

Earth is the closest planet to the Sun with a Moon. This body has inspired and informed art, religion and philosophy as well as science, Cadets will discuss the different ...

NO VIEWING —  HRPO will close by at least 10pm. Physical science demonstrations, hands-on activities. NOAA Forecast (Bad): precipitation potential 40%, sky cover 60%, relative humidity 87%, temperature 27C, heat ...

CANCELLED —  NOAA Forecast (Bad): precipitation potential 25%, sky cover 66%, relative humidity 96%, temperature 25C, heat index 26C, wind S 3 km/hr. Periodically, Mercury reaches its greatest angular separation ...