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 8° in Pisces. Please keep ...

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 ...

The three craft with this name are some of the oldest manmade objects still orbiting the Earth! Want to hear the story? Cadets will! To register, go to www.brec.org, access ...

CANCELLED Periodically, Mercury reaches its greatest angular separation in the sky (elongation) from the Sun. This is the safest way for amateurs to view Mercury. Come join us at the ...

CANCELLED. HRPO will close at 9pm (earlier if it rains). Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be ...

For over four decades the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, and factors to consider when buying a ...

NOAA predicts patchy fog between 12am and 7am. Do not visit HRPO if the driving route goes through fog. HRPO will close by at least 2:30am. While crossing from Leo ...

POSTPONED UNTIL 15 MARCH. Amy Northrop will give a truncated version of this talk during Plus Night. BREC Education Program Specialist Amy Northrop takes the audience on a fascinating tour ...

CANCELLED. NOAA has issued a Tornado Watch for HRPO's area until 11pm. Also, severe storms are forecast. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this ...

Double stars, clusters, nebulae…they are all out there. Cadets will continue their investigations of space beyond the Kuiper Belt! To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function and use ...

As the firepit is under construction for upgrading, there will be no marshmallow roast. The planned theme will be supplanted by the rescheduling of a truncated version of "Wonders of ...

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 ...