What the night sky looks like over Chattanooga, TN

Satellite radiance puts Chattanooga in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 53.2% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Chattanooga

4 miles from Chattanooga, straight-line, sits Red Bank, TN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Chattanooga's own suburban band.

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

Chattanooga against the rest of the dataset

About 191,496 people live in Chattanooga, TN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Chattanooga ranks 1,696 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.