• Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:25pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:47pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below the horizon. ...

  • Spring Space Exploration Camp (day one)

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    This two-day, thrice-a-year offering gives kids a front-row seat for hands-on exploration of current STEM developments; the latest in astronomical discoveries; and construction and launch of a chemical rocket. 

  • Spring Space Exploration Camp (day two)

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    This two-day, thrice-a-year offering gives kids a front-row seat for hands-on exploration of current STEM developments; the latest in astronomical discoveries; and construction and launch of a chemical rocket. 

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:28pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:52pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below the horizon. ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “Our Birth Stars”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    A person's birth star is a star whose light took as long to reach Earth as he's been alive. Of course, birth stars change over the course of a human ...