Bucyrus, OH's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Bucyrus in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 61.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Bucyrus.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Bucyrus

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Galion, OH, roughly 11 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Bucyrus compares nationally

Bucyrus, OH has a population of about 11,567, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Bucyrus places 1,956 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.