What the night sky looks like over Cheyenne, WY

Cheyenne's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 67.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Cheyenne.

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 Cheyenne is from a meaningfully darker sky

32 miles from Cheyenne, straight-line, sits Wellington, CO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Cheyenne's own suburban band.

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

Cheyenne against the rest of the dataset

Cheyenne, WY counts roughly 65,704 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Cheyenne ranks 2,151 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.