• Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Cancelled. HRPO will close by at least 8:45pm. Sunset, 7:33pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:59pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the ...

  • International Astronomy Day

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:38pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 9:05pm CDT. Music: Moonswell. Food Vendors: City Gelato, Rosie’s Gourment Popcorn and Bayou Bunz and Wingz. Exhibitors: Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club, Baton Rouge Gem ...

  • American STEM: 1926-1976

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Cancelled. HRPO will not open to the public. The great Constitutional Republic experiment has been going strong for 250 years. In addition to incalculable gifts in the areas of human ...

  • Science Academy: “Colonizing Mars”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Colonizing the Moon?! And after…? Cadets will estimate the timeframe for working and living on Mars. [To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function and use Activity Number 131320.

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:42pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 9:11pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “High Proper Motion”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Postponed due to regional effects of flash flooding. This lecture focuses on those stars that are so close to the Solar System, human beings can actually chart their moving through ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Cancelled. Sunset, 7:46pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 9:17pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below the ...

  • Science Academy: “ISS Expedition 14”

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    Cancelled due to electrical outage. The International Space Station is one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. From September 2006 to April 2007, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria (together with ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Cancelled. HRPO will not open. Sunset, 7:47pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 9:18pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Last Quarter Moon ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:51pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 9:23pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below the horizon. ...