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  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 5:07pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:34pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be below the horizon. ...

  • 2026 Preview Party

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    NOAA has issued a Dense Fog Advisory from 10pm to 10am. The last open Friday of December is devoted to premiering much of the 2026 schedule (lectures, camps, celestial events, ...

  • Solar Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light, directly in calcium-K wavelength and directly hydrogen-alpha wavelength) will ...

  • STEM Expansion: “Archaeology”

    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

    Sunset, 5:11pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:38pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Cancelled. Sunset, 5:15pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:42pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Full Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • Science Academy: “Jupiter”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    In preparation for the opposition, Cadets will learn Jupiter's main characteristics and important past mission visits--and the future investigation of Europa! To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 5:16pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:42pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • Jovian Opposition

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Cancelled. NOAA has issued a Flood Watch until 9am. Jupiter is about 180 degrees from the Sun, rising in Gemini as the Sun sets in Sagittarius. On this night we ...

  • Science Academy: “Distances in Space”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The astronomical unit. The light-year. The parsec. The Universe gives new meaning to the word "vast", and Cadets will have a workshop illustrating the ways we reconcile that enormous area ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    HRPO will remain open at least until 8:30pm. Sunset, 5:22pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:47pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the ...

  • 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 ...