Bozeman, MT Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Bozeman, MT
Bozeman's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 74.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Bozeman.
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 Bortle scale guide covers why.
The nearest darker sky to Bozeman
9 miles from Bozeman, straight-line, sits Belgrade, MT, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Bozeman's own suburban band.
Belgrade, MT is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Bozeman against the rest of the dataset
Bozeman, MT has a population of about 57,894, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Bozeman ranks 2,377 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.