What the night sky looks like over Brownwood, TX

Satellite radiance puts Brownwood in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 64.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Brownwood.

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.

How far Brownwood is from a meaningfully darker sky

75 miles from Brownwood, straight-line, sits Copperas Cove, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Brownwood's own suburban band.

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

Brownwood against the rest of the dataset

Brownwood, TX counts roughly 18,772 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Brownwood ranks 2,058 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.