Dublin, GA's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Dublin 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. Dublin's sky is brighter than 42% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Dublin is from a meaningfully darker sky

89 miles from Dublin, straight-line, sits Jesup, GA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Dublin's own suburban edge band.

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

How Dublin compares nationally

About 16,233 people live in Dublin, GA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Dublin places 1,342 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.