What the night sky looks like over Fulton, NY

Fulton reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 44.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Fulton.

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 Fulton is from a meaningfully darker sky

41 miles from Fulton, straight-line, sits Oneida, NY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Fulton's own suburban band.

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

Fulton against the rest of the dataset

Fulton, NY counts roughly 11,234 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Fulton ranks 1,416 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.