Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

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 ...

Solar Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

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 ...

STEM Expansion: “Planetary Speedsters”

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

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 ...

Friday Night Lecture Series: “The Future is Ours”

Highland Road Park Observatory

As we approach the beginning of 2024's Winter, this once-only discussion will outline the many different ways the upcoming four to five years will see incredible growth locally and beyond ...

Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

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 20° in Capricornus. Please keep ...

Science Academy: “Kites and Parachutes”

Highland Road Park Observatory

A kite is a heavier-than-air "wing" that flies on the currents while directed by a control line. If a parachute can help bring a rover safely to the Martian landscape, ...

Jovian Opposition

Highland Road Park Observatory

Jupiter is exactly 180 degrees from the Sun, rising as the Sun is setting. On this night we are the closest we'll be to Jupiter all year! Weather permitting, viewing ...

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 planetary and deep-sky gazing, and factors to consider when buying a ...

Geminid Meteor Shower

Highland Road Park Observatory

The Geminid meteors, in addition to being part of one of the most reliable showers of the year, are quite intriguing and were first noticed in the 1860s. For this one viewing ...

Friday Night Lecture Series: “Journeys to the Moon”

Highland Road Park Observatory

Since antiquity, humankind has been voyaging to the Moon with imagination and curiosity. This presentation helmed by Center Supervisor James DeOliveira introduces the beginners to making his or her own ...

Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

The 20OGS will not be available due to ongoing LSU maintenance. Viewing will take place on the front pad. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. ...

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