• Science Academy: “Power in the House I”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The first of this three-session series has Cadets focus on how solar radiation may be a reliable source of renewable energy with the right technology and preparation!

  • Plus Night: “Ice Giants and Comets”

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    Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky tour and a game for kids to earn small ...

  • Light Pollution Committee Meeting

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    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 over four decades the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, the perils of light pollution and factors ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    NOTE: Due to unavailability of the speaker, tonight's planned lecture ("STEREO Shows the Sun") will be rescheduled in December or January. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During ...

  • Science Academy: “Power in the House II”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The second of this three-session series has Cadets focus on how the movement of wind can be transformed into energy for families and businesses!

  • Neptunian Opposition

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Neptune is exactly 180 degrees from the Sun, rising as the Sun is setting. We are now the closest we’ll be to Neptune this year! Weather permitting, viewing of Neptune ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “The Visible Passes”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Since 1958 defunct satellites, rocket bodies, active payloads and space stations have peppered the views of those with little to no light pollution and/or magnification devices. How can you see ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 28° in Sagittarius. Please keep headlights off while ...

  • 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 this time the Sun ...

  • STEM Expansion: “Astrobiology”

    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 gibbous Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 31° in Sagittarius. Please keep headlights off while ...