Florence, SC's night sky, measured from orbit

Florence reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Florence's sky is brighter than 19.9% 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 Florence is from a meaningfully darker sky

38 miles from Florence, straight-line, sits Sumter, SC, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Florence's own suburban edge band.

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

How Florence compares nationally

Florence, SC counts roughly 40,923 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Florence places 636 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.