Martian Opposition

Highland Road Park Observatory

No viewing will be attempted. HRPO will close by at least 10pm. The Red Planet rises as the Sun sets. Weather permitting, viewing of Mars will take place during this ...

Science Academy: “Exoplanets”

Highland Road Park Observatory

Just a few decades ago the concept of planets orbiting other stars was speculative. Now thousands of these bodies are known. Some mirror our own Solar System; some are alien ...

Plus Night: “Bright and Close”

Highland Road Park Observatory

20OGS will open no earlier than 8:30pm. As the firepit is under construction for upgrading, there will be no marshmallow roast. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will ...

Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

The lecture, "Nome Serum Run", has been postponed until 7 February. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will ...

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 ...

STEM Expansion: “Radio”

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

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 ...

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

Science Academy: “Sirius and Canopus”

Highland Road Park Observatory

The two brightest stars in the night sky are visible right now. Cadets will encounter the stunning and fierce beauty of these scientifically-interesting objects.

Learn Your Sky

Highland Road Park Observatory

This exciting one-day course is tailor-made to instruct the patron in the basics of the unaided-eye Baton Rouge sky. [Limit thirty enrollees. $15 per EBR-Parish enrollee; $18 per other-Parish enrollee. ...

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 Pisces. Please keep ...

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