What the night sky looks like over Auburn, WA

Auburn's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 56.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Auburn.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Auburn

6 miles from Auburn, straight-line, sits Kent, WA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Auburn's own suburban band.

Kent, WA 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

About 85,513 people live in Auburn, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Auburn ranks 1,790 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.