What the night sky looks like over Batavia, IL

Satellite radiance puts Batavia in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 59.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Batavia.

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 Batavia

St. Charles, IL, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Batavia. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Batavia against the rest of the dataset

Batavia, IL has a population of about 26,555, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Batavia ranks 1,909 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.