• Plus Night: “Nano Extension”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. Additionally, there will be a marshmallow roast, physical science demos and a sky tour. During this time the waxing ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “Starliner”

    The CST-100 Boeing Starliner is tasked with restoring American flights back to the International Space Station. The unmanned flight test completed last May has bolstered excitement that this new incredible ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    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 81° in Cancer. Please keep ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    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 76° in Leo. Please keep headlights off while ...

  • Science Academy: “Calendars and Timekeepers”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Years, months and days. We can’t turn back time but we can mark it. Cadets will learn how we’ve been doing it all throughout the...time periods. 

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather 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 ...

  • Light Pollution Committee

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    BRAS’ open house is for all skygazers, taxpayers, homeowners, business owners, teachers and other stakeholders in a natural-contrast night sky.

  • Baton Rouge Astronomical Society Meeting

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    For forty years BRAS has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, the perils of light pollution and factors to consider when buying a ...