Harker Heights, TX Night Sky Brightness
Harker Heights, TX's night sky, measured from orbit
Harker Heights's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Harker Heights's sky is brighter than 34.6% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Harker Heights
41 miles from Harker Heights, straight-line, sits Robinson, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Harker Heights's own suburban edge band.
Robinson, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Harker Heights compares nationally
Harker Heights, TX has a population of about 35,263, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Harker Heights's position, 1,104 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.