• 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 lunar, planetary and deep-sky gazing; and factors to consider when buying ...

  • American STEM: 1826-1876

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    20OGS viewing will take place from 7pm to 8:30pm. The great Constitutional Republic experiment has been going strong for 250 years. In addition to incalculable gifts in the areas of ...

  • Science Academy: “The Apollo Program”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Escaping Earth's gravity...buzzing the Moon...setting foot on the Moon...surviving a catastrophic failure of equipment...bringing back rocks and dust from another landscape. Cadets will relive history! [To register, go to www.brec.org, ...

  • Plus Night: “Pi in the Sky”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset 7:12pm CDT. Twilight Ends 8:32pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “Wonders of the Spring Sky”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    BREC Education Program Specialist Amy Northrop takes the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge’s upcoming spring season. She’ll highlight the gems that will sparkle throughout those three months--gems ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:15pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:36pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • Science Academy: “Astrobiology”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Under the surface of Mars...in the ocean of Europa...in the atmosphere of Titan. Cadets will gauge the probability of life elsewhere than Earth! [To register, go to www.brec.org, access the ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:16pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:37pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “Regional Milestones”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    This presentation serves as a turning point in the future of HRPO. As we look at the amazing marks that HRPO and its personnel and volunteers have made in STEM, ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:20pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:41pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...