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Home » Community Resources » Planetarium » Quick Links
William M Thomas Planetarium at Bakersfield College

Quick Links

These links will take you out of the Bakersfield College website.

  • What satellites (including International Space Station and "Iridium flares") are visible from Bakersfield.
  • Choosing your first telescope
  • Astronomy Notes
  • Calendars of Sky Events
    • This week’s sky at a glance
    • Sky almanac (quick overview of what’s visible now)
    • HubbleSiteChannel on Youtube
    • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Youtube
    • JPL Space Calendar (detailed calendar of all launches, asteroid/comet closest Earth approaches, conferences, workshops and more)
  • Kern Astronomical Society
  • Venus 2012 Transit of the Sun.
  • May 20, 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse animation
  • Total lunar eclipse of August 28, 2007 movie
  • Mercury Transit 2006 Pictures

Planetarium

  • Bakersfield Night Sky
  • Field Trips
  • For Planetarians
  • Map to the Planetarium
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  • Public Shows
  • Quick Links

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Accreditation

  • Bakersfield College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The ACCJC is one of the six regional accrediting bodies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
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