What the night sky looks like over Batavia, NY

Satellite radiance puts Batavia in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Batavia's sky is brighter than 67.5% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Batavia

27 miles from Batavia, straight-line, sits Depew, NY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Batavia's own suburban band.

Depew, NY 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

About 15,071 people live in Batavia, NY, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Batavia ranks 2,153 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.