2021 "Learn Your Sky" Course

[Christopher K.]

A one-day, four-hour class on the sky will take place at HRPO on Saturday 2 January 2021 from 3:30pm to 7:30pm.

This class is an introduction to the unaided-eye Baton Rouge sky. There will be outside practice, weather permitting. Also included will be an overview of all major sky events for the next twelve months. Once again, this one-day course focuses specifically on the unaided-eye Baton Rouge sky.

Topics that will be covered include…
*large lunar features and how to find them
*basic skygazing terminology
*how to distinguish planets from stars
*what meteors, conjunctions and “visible passes” are, and how to see them
*major unaided-eye features of our Milky Way Galaxy
*solar viewing safety, and how to view the Sun without store-bought equipment
*how to darken the sky from your home
*upcoming unaided-eye events
*benefits of belonging to an astronomy club
*actual practice identifying stars, asterisms and constellations (weather permitting)

The cost is $15 per EBR Parish registrant, and $18 for each person living outside of EBR Parish. Registration is in progress. The class limit is dropped from thirty to twelve registrants due to virus shutdown guidelines. All registrants must be over eighteen; the exceptions will be those over fourteen who are...
*Science Academy Galactic Cadets
*enrollees in STEM Expansion
*Apprentices

Call 768-9948 for more information or to register.