Anderson, CA's night sky, measured from orbit

Anderson's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Anderson's sky is brighter than 41.4% 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 Anderson is from a meaningfully darker sky

88 miles from Anderson, straight-line, sits Susanville, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Anderson's own suburban edge band.

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

How Anderson compares nationally

About 11,171 people live in Anderson, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Anderson places 1,321 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.