What the night sky looks like over Farmers Branch, TX

Satellite radiance puts Farmers Branch in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 82.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Farmers Branch.

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 Farmers Branch

11 miles from Farmers Branch, straight-line, sits The Colony, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Farmers Branch's own suburban band.

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

Farmers Branch against the rest of the dataset

About 37,341 people live in Farmers Branch, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Farmers Branch ranks 2,643 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.