What the night sky looks like over Hammond, LA

Satellite radiance puts Hammond in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Hammond's sky is brighter than 85.5% 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.

How far Hammond is from a meaningfully darker sky

21 miles from Hammond, straight-line, sits Covington, LA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Hammond's own urban band.

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

Hammond against the rest of the dataset

Hammond, LA counts roughly 23,426 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Hammond ranks 2,727 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.