• Science Academy: “Airplane Design”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    There's a reason the first "A" in NASA stands for "aeronautic". Stories, songs and poems have archived our personal experience. Aircraft have transformed the way Cadets vacation and the way ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:37pm CDT. 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 6° in ...

  • Thomas Detman Collection

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    HRPO will close by at least 8:15pm. HRPO is pleased to present a wealth of materials from the late Thomas R. Detman With intriguing insights into the professional world of ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Cancelled. 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 19° in Libra. Please ...

  • Solar Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Cancelled. HRPO will close at 1pm. 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 hydrogen-alpha ...

  • STEM Expansion: “Aerospace Engineering I”

    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

    Rain. HRPO closed at 8pm. Sunset, 7:28pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon will be at a ...

  • A Galaxy of Games

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, sky viewing will take place from 7:30pm to 8:45pm. This one-time-only open house will showcase those non-electronic tabletop challenges that incorporate an astronomy or STEM theme! NOAA Forecast ...

  • Science Academy: “Rockets of the Past”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    No Cadet has seen the Saturn V in action live, but many have seen rockets of the past orbit the Earth as they pass over hometowns. This session will link ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:20pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 35° in ...

  • 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 ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “Wonders of the Fall Sky”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    There is a NOAA Air Quality Alert until 12am. Leaves and temperatures are falling. BREC Education Program Specialist Amy Northrop takes the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge’s ...