<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/community/planetarium/bakersfield-night-sky/2026/0103.html" dsn="news"><featured/><title>Bakersfield Night Sky — January 3, 2026</title><item_date>01/02/2026 10:42:25 AM</item_date><author>Nick Strobel</author><description/><image><img src="/_resources/assets/img/news/bakersfield-night-sky/january-03-2026-BNS-h.jpg" alt="Early January at 8 PM looking southeast"/></image><tags><tag>2026</tag><tag>bns</tag></tags><content_summary>The William M Thomas Planetarium is closed for the winter break. Our spring shows begin in February. Tonight is the first full “supermoon” of the year. This supermoon uses the original definition of the full supermoon which says that the full moon’s...</content_summary></item>