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The planetarium director, Nick Strobel, writes a column for the Bakersfield Californian that (usually) appears every first and third Sunday of the month about the night sky (used to be on Saturdays prior to September 2018). The columns are also available below.

This Year in the Bakersfield Night Sky

2025 Columns

Nick Strobel 6/19/25

Bakersfield Night Sky — June 21, 2025

Nick Strobel 6/3/25

Bakersfield Night Sky — June 7, 2025

Nick Strobel 5/15/25

Bakersfield Night Sky — May 17, 2025

All 2025 Bakersfield Night Sky Columns

2024 Columns

Nick Strobel 12/20/24

Bakersfield Night Sky — December 21, 2024

Nick Strobel 12/3/24

Bakersfield Night Sky — December 7, 2024

Nick Strobel 11/14/24

Bakersfield Night Sky — November 16, 2024

All 2024 Bakersfield Night Sky Columns

2023 Columns

11/19/23

November 19, 2023

11/6/23

November 5, 2023

10/15/23

October 15, 2023

All 2023 Bakersfield Night Sky Columns

Archived Columns