• Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will at maximum altitude of 20° in Taurus. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “The Dark Universe”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Everyday matter--galaxies, planets and our own bodies--are but a fraction of the mass of the Universe. The rest, labeled with the placeholder 'dark matter', is as mysterious as any classic ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon will at maximum altitude of 64° in Leo. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...

  • Science Academy: “Rockets of the Future”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Ion propulsion is already used for over 100 geosynchronous satellites. Will it one day send human beings to another planet? What about nuclear propulsion? Cadets will rank the most likely ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon will at maximum altitude of 71° in Leo. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...

  • Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club Meeting

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The BRARC will be congregating to discuss the upcoming ARRL Field Day in June. Stop by and get information on how to earn your own Amateur Radio Service license.

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “The Plutonian System”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Thirty-five years ago James Christy discovered Charon. This was the beginning of our knowledge of the fascinating trans-Neptunian system. With the images and data from New Horizons we are in ...

  • 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 at maximum altitude of 29° in Libra. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...

  • Science Academy: “Venus”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    We've mapped the elusive lands of Venus with radar and released investigative probes into the planet's hostile atmosphere. Cadets will discover the qualities that distinguish the Goddess of Love from ...

  • Venusian Elongation

    Burbank Soccer Complex 12400 Burbank Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    Periodically Venus reaches its greatest angular separation in the sky (elongation) from the Sun. This is the safest way to view Venus by amateurs. Come join us at the Burbank ...

  • Display Premiere: “The Histories and Mysteries of Glass”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Glass was first manufactured thousands of years ago. It is actually a supercooled liquid which can be transformed not only into works of beauty and contemplation but also into fiberglass ...

  • Science Academy: “Exploring Weather II”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    In the second of three never-to-repeat sessions, Cadets will investigate: frost, mist, fog, clouds, rain and snow.