• Science Academy: “In-House Physics”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The Newtonian world exists before our eyes. With equipment, controls and goals--Cadets will a run a gauntlet of one-off demonstrations. To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function and ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...

  • Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club Meeting

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    For over eighty-five years the Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club has introduced the local area to the Amateur Radio Service and all its benefits. During this meeting officers and members ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Due to sporadic internet outages, tonight's lecture ("The Place Called Outer Space") is postponed until 11 July. Sunset, 8:00pm CDT Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take ...

  • STEM Expansion: “Engineering I”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    This 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 giveaways ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The 20OGS dome is undergoing repairs. Viewing will take place on the front pad beginning at 8pm. Sunset, 8:01pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 8:04pm CDT. The 20OGS dome is undergoing repairs. Viewing will take place on the front pad from 9pm to 10:15pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will ...

  • Science Academy: “Observing the Universe (Binoculars)”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Cadets will discover the majestic objects that can be spied in a natural sky with only a binocular. To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function and use Activity ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 8:04pm CDT. 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 39° in ...

  • Baton Rouge Astronomical Society Meeting

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    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 ...

  • Solar Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light, directly in hydrogen-alpha wavelength and directly in calcium-K wavelength) ...

  • Science Academy: “Names and Catalogs”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Can one name a star? Are there enough names in our cultures to label all stars? How do catalogs act as address books for some of the most lovely objects ...