What the night sky looks like over Duncanville, TX

Satellite radiance puts Duncanville in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Duncanville's sky is brighter than 80% 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 Duncanville is from a meaningfully darker sky

Cedar Hill, TX, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Duncanville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Duncanville against the rest of the dataset

About 39,203 people live in Duncanville, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Duncanville ranks 2,550 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.