Baton Rouge Observatory Activities September 19-20

FRIDAY, September 19 
PLUTO'S PLANETARY STATUS...8:00 pm. Join BRAS member Ms. Pamela Rogers
for a debate on Pluto's status as a planet. What is the current
thought among astronomers? How does it differ from other planets?
Could it really be a large asteroid?
TELESCOPE VIEWING...9:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Members of the Baton Rouge
Astronomical Society and LSU Astronomers support telescope viewing,
weather permitting. 

SATURDAY, September 20 
HOT AIR BALLOONS...10:00 am. How do hot-air balloons float so easily?
Build your own hot-air balloon and learn what makes them fly in this
fun class for children ages 7 and up. Class is free and held from
10:00 - 11:00 am. 
NATURE ENCOUNTER...1:00 pm. Sponsored by La. Delta Service Corps and
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. The BREC-LSU-BRAS
Highland Road Park Observatory is also home to two very unique nature
trails and has developed a Nature Encounter program around them. The
program includes a 1:00 pm. presentation led by an area naturalist
followed by a one hour guided hike through our quarter-mile trail at
2:00 pm. 


Observatory hours
Monday, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM 
Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM 
Friday, 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM 
Saturday, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
 
For directions and maps, news and info on ongoing observing
programs,or more info on other weekly events, please visit the
Observatory's web site, or call (225) 768-9948.




Frederick J. Barnett     http://www.eatel.net/~fred/
"Someone's got to take the responsibility if the job's going to get done!! Do you 
think that's easy?!" Gregory Peck - The Guns Of Navarone