Bakersfield Night Sky 2026

Over the past couple of months we’ve seen the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, draw closer and closer together in the western sky in the evening after sunset. On June 9, they will be right next to each other. They’ll be slightly more than a...

Bakersfield College had another record-breaking graduation yesterday. The William M Thomas Planetarium is closed for the summer. Shows will resume in September. Today the moon is at new moon phase, so start looking for a thin sliver of a waxing...

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...

Tickets for the last show of the spring season at the William M Thomas Planetarium, “Supervolcanoes” this Thursday, April 23 are still available through the Vallitix site. The crew of the Artemis II mission to the moon made it back to Earth safely...

Tickets for the April 9 showing of “Incoming!” and the April 23 showing of “Supervolcanoes” (the last show of the spring season of shows) at the William M Thomas Planetarium are still available through the Vallitix site. Last Wednesday, April 1 was...

Tickets for the April 9 showing of “Incoming!” and the April 23 showing of “Supervolcanoes” at the William M Thomas Planetarium are now available through the Vallitix site. We are now officially in the season of spring with the start at the March...

Tickets 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...

Tickets for the ever-popular “Black Holes” at the William M Thomas Planetarium on March 5 and the March 19 showing of “Destination Mars” are available through the Vallitix site. The Mesmerica shows are sold through the Mesmerica site. Tonight the...

Tickets for the first show of the spring season at the William M Thomas Planetarium “Moon Base” on February 19 are now available through the Vallitix site. The Mesmerica shows are sold through the Mesmerica site. Jupiter continues shining very...