What the night sky looks like over Delano, CA

Delano's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 43.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Delano.

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 Delano is from a meaningfully darker sky

13 miles from Delano, straight-line, sits Wasco, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Delano's own suburban edge band.

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

Delano against the rest of the dataset

About 53,198 people live in Delano, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Delano ranks 1,382 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.