Bakersfield Night Sky

The planetarium director, Nick Strobel, writes a column for the Bakersfield Californian that (usually) appears every first and third Sunday of the month about the night sky (used to be on Saturdays prior to September 2018). The columns are also available below.

This Year in the Bakersfield Night Sky

2025 Columns

Mid to Late May at 9 PM looking south-southwest
Nick Strobel 5/15/25

Bakersfield Night Sky — May 17, 2025

Early May at 5 AM looking east
Nick Strobel 4/29/25

Bakersfield Night Sky — May 3, 2025

April 22 at 3:45 AM looking east-northeast
Nick Strobel 4/12/25

Bakersfield Night Sky — April 19, 2025

All 2025 Bakersfield Night Sky Columns

2024 Columns

Late December at 9:30 PM looking East
Nick Strobel 12/20/24

Bakersfield Night Sky — December 21, 2024

Early to mid-December looking East at 9 PM
Nick Strobel 12/3/24

Bakersfield Night Sky — December 7, 2024

Mid-November at 8 PM looking northeast
Nick Strobel 11/14/24

Bakersfield Night Sky — November 16, 2024

All 2024 Bakersfield Night Sky Columns

2023 Columns

Bakersfield night sky late November, 2023 at 9:00PM looking south
11/19/23

November 19, 2023

Bakersfield night sky early November 5, 2023
11/6/23

November 5, 2023

Night Sky late October at 1:30AM looking southeast
10/15/23

October 15, 2023

All 2023 Bakersfield Night Sky Columns

Archived Columns

2022 Columns
 

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