<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/community/planetarium/bakersfield-night-sky/2026/0502.html" dsn="news"><featured/><title>Bakersfield Night Sky — May 2, 2026</title><item_date>04/27/2026 12:39:28 PM</item_date><author>Nick Strobel</author><description/><image><img src="/_resources/assets/img/news/bakersfield-night-sky/may-02-2026-BNS-h.jpg" alt="Early May at 9 PM looking high in the southwest"/></image><tags><tag>2026</tag><tag>bns</tag></tags><content_summary>We’re now heading into the last regular week of the spring semester at Bakersfield College before Finals week. After Finals week, the William M Thomas Planetarium is closed for the summer. Yesterday, May 1, the moon was at full moon phase. Since the...</content_summary></item>