Fall Space Exploration Camp
Highland Road Park ObservatoryCampers will build and fly a single-stage chemical rocket, while learning about the upcoming missions to the Moon and Mars, how an asteroid will occult the star Betelgeuse and the ...
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Solar Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in three different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light and directly in hydrogen-alpha wavelength) will take place. During this ...
STEM Expansion: “American Space Exploration”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryThis 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 ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 61° in Aries. Please keep headlights off while ...
Friday Night Lecture Series: “The Sun-Earth-Moon Connection”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryTHIS LECTURE IS POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY 2024 DUE TO FLOODING CONCERNS. THERE WILL BE NO EVENING SKY VIEWING TONIGHT. HRPO IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC TONIGHT. Solar Cycle 25 is ...
Science Academy: “Orion’s Neighborhood”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryUsing the brilliant constellation Orion as a starting area, Cadets will receive invaluable tools for amateur skygazing science at HRPO, on vacation and at home--and will create a personal Orion ...
Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather 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 leaving. Drive slowly!
Mercurian Elongation
Burbank Soccer Complex 12400 Burbank Drive, Baton Rouge, LouisianaPeriodically Mercury reaches the greatest angular separation in the sky (elongation) from the Sun. This is the safest time for amateurs to view Mercury. Come to the Burbank Soccer Complex! ...
Friday Night Lecture Series: “Wonders of the Winter Sky”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryBREC Education Curator Amy Northrop will take the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge’s winter season. She’ll highlight the celestial gems that will sparkle throughout the next three months—gems ...
Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather 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 leaving. Drive slowly!
Science Academy: “The Gemini Program”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryCadets will become immersed in the "bridge" between the Mercury and Apollo programs. Twelve missions over five years perfected the launch of two astronauts together and saw the first American ...
Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather 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 leaving. Drive slowly!