What the night sky looks like over Franklin, WI

Satellite radiance puts Franklin in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 13.3% of the 3,206 US 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 Franklin is from a meaningfully darker sky

6 miles from Franklin, straight-line, sits Muskego, WI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Franklin's own suburban edge band.

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

Franklin against the rest of the dataset

Franklin, WI counts roughly 36,591 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Franklin ranks 424 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.