Partial Solar Eclipse

Highland Road Park Observatory

Although annular in some other parts of the globe, our region will experience a partial solar eclipse. Baton Rougeans who are (safely!) viewing the Sun will notice contact with the ...

Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

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

Friday Night Lecture Series: “The Spooky Sampler”

Highland Road Park Observatory

We’re getting close to Halloween…this lecture slot will be used to highlight a smorgasbord of unsettling stories, images and theories—for our adult audience!

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 be at a maximum altitude of 22° in Sagittarius. Please keep headlights off while ...

Solar Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

Weather 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: “Spooky STEM”

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 ...

The Spooky Spectrum

Highland Road Park Observatory

Come visit on this Full Moon night (if you dare) as HRPO delves into the eerie side of astronomy, physics and aeronautics. As we've done for over fifteen years, we'll ...

Jovian Opposition

Highland Road Park Observatory

Jupiter is exactly 180 degrees from the Sun, rising as the Sun is setting. We are now the closest we’ll be to Jupiter this year! Weather permitting viewing of Jupiter ...

Science Academy: “Expedition 4”

Highland Road Park Observatory

Commander Yury Onufrienko with astronauts Carl Walz and Daniel Bursch left Earth in December 2001, staying in orbit for six months. Cadets will learn what the Expedition did, build on ...

Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Last Quarter Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and leaving. Drive slowly!

The Edge of Night (Fall Session)

Highland Road Park Observatory

It’s not light, it’s not dark. It’s that special time called twilight--and HRPO wants to introduce you to it! Are all sections of the sky the same shade of blue? ...

Science Academy: “Airplane Design”

Highland Road Park Observatory

Many said heavier-than-air machines were impossible. How were they proven wrong? Cadets will reach back in history for the answers!

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