Events

For over four decades the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of lunar, planetary and deep-sky gazing; and factors to consider when buying ...

Several years ago, a professor declared to HRPO patrons that novae were not found at the rate previously expected. Can citizens of the Baton Rouge region help?

The electrical issues at HRPO have been addressed. The facility will test its 20OGS viewing system during this time. The public is welcome to attend. Sunset, 7:51pm CDT. Twilight Ends, ...

Cadets will be introduced to the largest globular cluster in the Milky Way Galaxy!

Sunset 7:52pm CDT. Twilight Ends 9:24pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky ...

No 20OGS viewing. HRPO will close by at least 8:45pm. The great Constitutional Republic experiment has been going strong for 250 years. In addition to incalculable gifts in the areas ...

The first of this three-session series has Cadets focus on how the Sun's radiation can be transformed into energy for families and businesses! 

Cancelled. NOAA has a Flood Watch in effect until 7pm. Sunset, 7:56pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 9:30pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this ...

For over eighty-five years the Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club has introduced the local area to the Amateur Radio Service and all its benefits. During this meeting officers and members ...

The purposes of these monthly gatherings are to network and share results of separate efforts to reduce light pollution, and to share advice on improving separate efforts to reduce light ...

An astounding success from 1962 to 1973, this series of spacecraft became the first to use gravity assist to visit more than one planet.

Sunset, 8:00pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 9:35pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...