Events

For over four decades the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, and factors to consider when buying a ...

Many game-changing moments have occurred since HRPO’s last focus on AI–some astonishing, some alarming. This brief update is for any who want the latest information.

Sunset, 5:27pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:52pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below the horizon. ...

The comparative investigation continues! A never-before-seen red-light constellation finder will be included in Cadets’ stations. To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function and use Activity Number 431320.

Sunset: 5:27pm CST. Twilight Ends: 6:52pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky ...

Ten years ago Caltech astronomers released evidence for an object larger than Earth--past Neptune in the outer solar system. If it exists, this planet could take thousands of years to ...

Cancelled. HRPO will close at 9pm. Sunset, 5:33pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:57pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent ...

Almost always based on division of an Earth year and/or a lunar cycle, calendars mark the passages and anticipations of important events of our lives: births, graduations, marriages, deaths---comet apparitions, ...

Cancelled. NOAA Flood Advisory in effect until 7pm Saturday. NOAA Cold Weather Advisory from 6pm Saturday to 6pm Sunday. NOAA Winter Storm Watch from midnight Sunday to 6pm Sunday. NOAA ...

It was the launch that had something to prove. Nearly a year after the near-disaster of Apollo Thirteen our country's first spaceman--Alan Shepard--returned to space, joined by Stuart Roosa and ...

Sunset, 5:39pm CST. Twilight Ends, 7:02pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...