Brockton, MA Night Sky Brightness
Brockton, MA's night sky, measured from orbit
Brockton's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Brockton's sky is brighter than 84.4% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Brockton
7 miles from Brockton, straight-line, sits Randolph Town, MA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Brockton's own suburban band.
Randolph Town, MA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Brockton compares nationally
Brockton, MA counts roughly 105,788 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Brockton's position, 2,692 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.