What the night sky looks like over Albertville, AL

Satellite radiance puts Albertville in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 38.5% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

The nearest darker sky to Albertville

24 miles from Albertville, straight-line, sits Rainbow City, AL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Albertville's own suburban edge band.

Rainbow City, AL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Albertville against the rest of the dataset

Albertville, AL counts roughly 23,392 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Albertville ranks 1,228 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.