• Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    TRUNCATED — HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below ...

  • Solar Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    CANCELLED — NOAA has issued an Excessive Heat Warning lasting until 9pm. The NWS Heat Index Chart indicates "Danger" at this time. Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in ...

  • The Edge of Night (summer session)

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    CANCELLED —  HRPO will close by at least 9pm. It’s not light, it’s not dark. It’s that special time called twilight and HRPO wants to introduce you to it! Are ...

  • Science Academy: “Historic Experiments II”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Von Guericke…Newton…Watt. These men unlocked the next pieces of the grand puzzle known as the physical world. Cadets will find out how the pieces fit! To register, go to www.brec.org, ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    CANCELLED —  HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon at a maximum ...

  • Light Pollution Committee Meeting

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The Light Pollution Committee is an education effort overseen by the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society. The public is invited. The LPC teaches people what light pollution is, what the different ...

  • Baton Rouge Astronomical Society Meeting

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    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 ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “Waiting for a Nova”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    What violent process can cause a star to temporarily outshine its surroundings by factors of up to hundreds of thousands--if not millions--and survive, only to do it all over again ...

  • 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 at a maximum altitude of 43° in Virgo. Please keep headlights off ...

  • Science Academy: “Mercury”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The closest planet to the Sun, the fastest to go around the Sun and the smallest official planet. They are all Mercury! In time for its upcoming evening elongation, Cadets ...

  • 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 at a maximum altitude of 48° in Virgo. Please keep headlights off ...