Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will at maximum altitude of 8° in Scorpius. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...

Light Pollution Committee Meeting

Highland Road Park Observatory

Are you a local skygazer, homeowner, business owner, science teacher or stakeholder interested reclaiming a natural sky above HRPO and its surrounding while simultaneously saving money and energy, and making ...

Baton Rouge Astronomical Society Meeting

Highland Road Park Observatory

For forty years BRAS has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, the perils of light pollution and factors to consider when buying a ...

Friday Night Lecture Series: “Life Cycles of the Stars”

Highland Road Park Observatory

Like people, stars are born and experience death. There are several unique and special stars giving us a breathtaking array of targets for a night of viewing, and instilling a ...

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 ...

Science Academy: “Rockets of the Past”

Highland Road Park Observatory

From the Hero Engine through to the Saturn V, Cadets will survey the vast variety of machines made to propel forward and ultimately release us from the gravity well of ...

Plus Night: “Free the Milky Way”

Highland Road Park Observatory

In addition to regular low- and medium- and high-magnification viewing through one or more telescopes, personnel will provide: physical science demonstrations; a sky tour; a marshmallow roast; assistance in finding any ...

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 below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and leaving, and ...

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. Protective clothing and ...

STEM Expansion: “Magnificent Flying Machines”

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 ...

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 ...

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