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 ...
The Apollo anniversary overall has been quite fun...and also introspective. Tom Northrop will be opening one of the older history books at HRPO to discuss the flight of Charles Conrad, ...
Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Full Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 62° in Taurus. Please keep headlights ...
Pure water is odorless and tasteless, while water in general is ubiquitous throughout planet Earth! As the Europa Clipper has begun its journey to a faraway icy moon to search ...
Periodically, Mercury reaches its greatest angular separation in the sky (elongation) from the Sun. This is the safest way for amateurs to view Mercury. Come join us at the Burbank ...
As the firepit is under construction for upgrading, there will be no marshmallow roast. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical ...
Quite possibly the most important four hours a stakeholder will spend at HRPO this year will be the networking gathering allowing the facility's parents, BRAS members and LSU astronomy students ...
It spins completely around in fewer than ten Earth hours. It is the "vacuum cleaner" of the Solar System, pulling in asteroids and meteoroids very often before those objects can ...
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 off while parking and ...
Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in three different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light and directly in hydrogen-alpha wavelength) will take place. During ...
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 ...
