Alexandria, LA's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Alexandria in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Alexandria's sky is brighter than 75.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Alexandria is from a meaningfully darker sky

5 miles from Alexandria, straight-line, sits Pineville, LA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Alexandria's own suburban band.

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

How Alexandria compares nationally

About 43,133 people live in Alexandria, LA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Alexandria places 2,395 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.