What the night sky looks like over Canal Winchester, OH

Canal Winchester's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Canal Winchester's sky is brighter than 42% of the 3,206 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.

How far Canal Winchester is from a meaningfully darker sky

13 miles from Canal Winchester, straight-line, sits Pataskala, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Canal Winchester's own suburban edge band.

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

Canal Winchester against the rest of the dataset

Canal Winchester, OH has a population of about 10,060, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Canal Winchester ranks 1,338 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.