Friday Night Lecture Series: “The Spooky Sampler”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWe’re getting close to Halloween…this lecture slot will be used to highlight a smorgasbord of unsettling stories, images and theories—for our adult audience!
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Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 22° in Sagittarius. Please keep headlights off while ...
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 this ...
STEM Expansion: “Spooky STEM”
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 ...
The Spooky Spectrum
Highland Road Park ObservatoryCome visit on this Full Moon night (if you dare) as HRPO delves into the eerie side of astronomy, physics and aeronautics. As we've done for over fifteen years, we'll ...
Jovian Opposition
Highland Road Park ObservatoryJupiter is exactly 180 degrees from the Sun, rising as the Sun is setting. We are now the closest we’ll be to Jupiter this year! Weather permitting viewing of Jupiter ...
Science Academy: “Expedition 4”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryCommander Yury Onufrienko with astronauts Carl Walz and Daniel Bursch left Earth in December 2001, staying in orbit for six months. Cadets will learn what the Expedition did, build on ...
Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Last Quarter Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and leaving. Drive slowly!
The Edge of Night (Fall Session)
Highland Road Park ObservatoryIt’s not light, it’s not dark. It’s that special time called twilight--and HRPO wants to introduce you to it! Are all sections of the sky the same shade of blue? ...
Science Academy: “Airplane Design”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryMany said heavier-than-air machines were impossible. How were they proven wrong? Cadets will reach back in history for the answers!
Uranus Opposition
Highland Road Park ObservatoryUranus is exactly 180 degrees from the Sun, rising as the Sun is setting. We are now the closest we’ll be to Uranus this year! The light-blue, high-ice planet (during ...
Light Pollution Committee Meeting
Highland Road Park ObservatoryAre you a local skygazer, homeowner, business owner, science teacher or stakeholder interested reclaiming a natural sky above HRPO and its surrounding while simultaneously saving money and energy, and making ...