What the night sky looks like over Burien, WA

Satellite radiance puts Burien in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 44.2% 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 Burien

6 miles from Burien, straight-line, sits Des Moines, WA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Burien's own suburban band.

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

Burien against the rest of the dataset

Burien, WA has a population of about 52,046, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Burien ranks 1,410 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.