What the night sky looks like over Galesburg, IL

Satellite radiance puts Galesburg in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 63.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Galesburg.

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 Galesburg

Kewanee, IL, about 31 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Galesburg. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Galesburg against the rest of the dataset

About 29,289 people live in Galesburg, IL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Galesburg ranks 2,025 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.