What the night sky looks like over Florence, AL

Florence's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Florence's sky is brighter than 58.1% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Florence

42 miles from Florence, straight-line, sits Decatur, AL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Florence's own suburban band.

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

Florence against the rest of the dataset

About 42,716 people live in Florence, AL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Florence ranks 1,852 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.