• Quadruple Conjunction

    Burbank Soccer Complex 12400 Burbank Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    This will be an amazing lineup. From the horizon Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and the waxing crescent Moon will be visible!

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

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    BREC Education Curator Amy Northrop will take the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge’s upcoming summer season. She’ll highlight the celestial gems that will sparkle throughout those three ...

  • STEM Expansion: “Stellar Astronomy”

    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 ...

  • Natural Sky Task Force Public Input Meeting

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The purposes of these monthly gatherings are to network and share results of separate efforts to reduce light pollution, and to share advice on improving separate efforts to reduce light ...

  • American Radio Relay League Field Day

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The ARRL Field Day program schedule is not adjusted due to rain. One section of the electromagnetic spectrum gets all the love, as tens of thousands of “hams” ascend to ...

  • The Edge of Night

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    It’s not light. It’s not dark. It’s that special time called twilight and HRPO wants to introduce you to it! Are all sections of the sky the same shade of ...