Solar Viewing
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Many game-changing moments have occurred since HRPO’s last focus on AI–some astonishing, some alarming. This brief update is for any who want the latest information.
Sunset, 5:27pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:52pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below the horizon. ...