• Friday Night Lecture Series: “Our Birth Stars”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    A person's "birth star" is a star whose light has taken as long to reach Earth as he's been alive. Of course, birth stars change over the course of a ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    CANCELLED —  HRPO will close by at least 9:45pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below ...

  • Solar Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    If there is no rain, viewing will be attempted at least until 1pm. Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in three different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly ...

  • STEM Expansion: “History of Electronics”

    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

    20OGS CLOSED / PAD VIEWING ONLY —  HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Last ...

  • BRAS Astrophotography Display Premiere

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    NOAA has an Excessive Heat Warning is place until 7pm. Print and electronic copies of photography from members of the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society will be displayed. The main focus ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    The heat index will be in the "Extreme Caution" category. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be ...

  • Science Academy: “Historic Experiments III”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Priestley…Lavoisier…Ohm. These men unlocked the latest pieces of the grand puzzle known as the physical world. Cadets will find out how the pieces fit! To register, go to www.brec.org, access ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm. The heat index will be in the “Extreme Caution” category at the start of the program. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The heat index will be in the “Extreme Caution” category at the start of the program. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time ...

  • Science Academy: “ISS Expedition 7”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The International Space Station is one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. From April 2003 to October 2003 Yuri Malenchenko and Ed Lu conducted experiments and did what ...