Compton, CA Night Sky Brightness
Compton, CA's night sky, measured from orbit
Compton reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 93.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Compton.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Compton
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Carson, CA, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.
Carson, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Compton compares nationally
Compton, CA has a population of about 91,129, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Compton's position, 2,968 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.