What the night sky looks like over Coppell, TX

Coppell reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Coppell's sky is brighter than 73.6% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Coppell

Flower Mound, TX, about 9 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Coppell. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Coppell against the rest of the dataset

Coppell, TX has a population of about 41,785, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Coppell ranks 2,346 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.