What the night sky looks like over Ferguson, MO

Ferguson'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 29.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Ferguson.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Ferguson

10 miles from Ferguson, straight-line, sits Maryland Heights, MO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Ferguson's own suburban edge band.

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

Ferguson against the rest of the dataset

About 18,043 people live in Ferguson, MO, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Ferguson ranks 939 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.