What the night sky looks like over Auburn, GA

Auburn reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Auburn's sky is brighter than 18.3% of the 3,206 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.

How far Auburn is from a meaningfully darker sky

16 miles from Auburn, straight-line, sits Jefferson, GA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Auburn's own suburban edge band.

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

Auburn against the rest of the dataset

Auburn, GA has a population of about 10,094, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Auburn ranks 583 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.