What the night sky looks like over Choctaw, OK

Satellite radiance puts Choctaw in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Choctaw's sky is brighter than 12.9% 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 Choctaw is from a meaningfully darker sky

17 miles from Choctaw, straight-line, sits Norman, OK, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Choctaw's own suburban edge band.

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

Choctaw against the rest of the dataset

Choctaw, OK has a population of about 12,358, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Choctaw ranks 411 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.