What the night sky looks like over Hanover Park, IL

Hanover Park's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 77.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Hanover Park.

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 Hanover Park is from a meaningfully darker sky

2 miles from Hanover Park, straight-line, sits Bartlett, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Hanover Park's own suburban band.

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

Hanover Park against the rest of the dataset

About 36,685 people live in Hanover Park, IL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Hanover Park ranks 2,460 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.