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.

We are still working on getting our full column archive on our new website. Thank you for your patience!

This Year in the Bakersfield Night Sky

2024 Columns

Late April at midnight looking east-southeast
Nick Strobel 4/19/24

Bakersfield Night Sky — April 21, 2024

Bakersfield view of April 8 2024 partial solar eclipse
Nick Strobel 4/2/24

Viewing the Great North American Eclipse of April 8, 2024

April 10 at 6 AM looking East -- close conjunction of Mars and Saturn
Nick Strobel 4/2/24

April 7, 2024

March 24 at 30 minutes after sunset looking west-northwest plus inset showing map of total solar eclipses in North America
Nick Strobel 3/11/24

March 17, 2024

Early March at 5 AM looking southeast and Inset: mid-March at 7 PM looking west-southwest
Nick Strobel 2/26/24

March 3, 2024

Late February at 8:30 PM looking southeast
Nick Strobel 2/14/24

February 18, 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

Novemeber 5, 2023

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

October 15, 2023

Bakersfield Night Sky on October 1 at 9:30PM looking southeast
10/1/23

October 1, 2023

Bakersfield night sky September 10, 2023 at 10:00PM looking southeast
9/17/23

September 17, 2023

Bakersfield night sky early September, 2023 at 9:30PM looking south
9/3/23

September 3, 2023

All 2023 Bakersfield Night Sky Columns

Archived Columns

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