Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 56° in Virgo. Please keep ...
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Friday Night Lecture Series: “Unsettling Stories”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryAs the cool and fog wind down to make way for the warmth of late spring, let's retain some of that chill with a collection of STEM stories guaranteed to ...
Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...
Solar Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in three different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light and directly in hydrogen-alpha wavelength) will take place. During ...
STEM Expansion: “Aerospace Engineering I”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryThis 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 ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...
Friday Night Lecture Series: “Zodiac Dreams”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWhat really is the Zodiac, and how many constellations does it have? Due to some news stories, internet videos and op-ed pieces you may be confused--but don't worry. We'll clear ...
Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...
Science Academy: “ISS Expedition 6”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryThe International Space Station is one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. From November 2002 to May 2003 Ken Bowersox, Nikolai Budarin and Don Pettit conducted experiments and ...
Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...
Solar Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in three different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light and directly in hydrogen-alpha wavelength) will take place. During ...
Friday Night Lecture Series: “Apollo 10 Fifty-Fifth Anniversary”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryThe Apollo 10 astronauts (Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan and John Young) tested all aspects of what would be the system to put us on the Moon--except the actual landing. Former ...