What the night sky looks like over Brooklyn, OH

Brooklyn reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 54.8% of the 3,206 US 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 Brooklyn

5 miles from Brooklyn, straight-line, sits Seven Hills, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Brooklyn's own suburban band.

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

Brooklyn against the rest of the dataset

Brooklyn, OH counts roughly 11,072 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Brooklyn ranks 1,747 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.