Carrboro, NC Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Carrboro, NC?
Satellite radiance puts Carrboro in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Carrboro's sky is brighter than 7.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Carrboro is from a meaningfully darker sky
147 miles from Carrboro, straight-line, sits Suffolk, VA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Carrboro's own rural band.
Suffolk, VA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Carrboro against the rest of the dataset
About 21,079 people live in Carrboro, NC, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Carrboro comes in at 228, darkest to brightest.