<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/community/planetarium/bakersfield-night-sky/2026/0307.html" dsn="news"><featured/><title>Bakersfield Night Sky — March 7, 2026</title><item_date>03/02/2026 09:48:33 PM</item_date><author>Nick Strobel</author><description/><image><img src="/_resources/assets/img/news/bakersfield-night-sky/march-08-2026-BNS-h.jpg" alt="Early March at 3 AM looking south"/></image><tags><tag>2026</tag><tag>bns</tag></tags><content_summary>Ticekts for the March 19th showing of “Destination Mars” at the William M Thomas Planetarium are available through the Vallitix site. Tonight the moon is now in a waning gibbous phase after the big full moon total lunar eclipse show earlier this...</content_summary></item>