What the night sky looks like over Anderson, IN

Anderson reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 56.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Anderson.

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 Anderson

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Yorktown, IN, roughly 11 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Anderson against the rest of the dataset

Anderson, IN counts roughly 55,851 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Anderson ranks 1,815 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.