• Science Academy: “The Mercury Program”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shephard, Deke Slayton. These mens' names have passed into history and into legend. Many Cadets know why; now the ...

  • Plus Night: “Love in the Ether”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset: 5:51pm CST. Twilight Ends: 7:13pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky ...

  • Mercurian Elongation

    Burbank Soccer Complex 12400 Burbank Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    Periodically, Mercury reaches its greatest angular separation in the sky (elongation) from the Sun. This is the safest way for amateurs to view Mercury. Come join us at the Burbank ...

  • American STEM: 1776-1826

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The great Constitutional Republic experiment has been going strong for 250 years. In addition to incalculable gifts in the areas of human rights and the arts, the United States education ...

  • Science Academy: “Hello, Operator!”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Ring, ring! Cadets will learn the origins of the society-changing and versatile telephone. [To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function and use Activity Number 431320.

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 5:57pm CST. Twilight Ends, 7:18pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 5:57pm CST. Twilight Ends, 7:18pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • 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: “Astronomy for Personalized Advancement”

    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, 6:02pm CST. Twilight Ends, 7:23pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...