Hastings, NE's night sky, measured from orbit

Hastings 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 68.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Hastings.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Hastings

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is North Platte, NE, roughly 129 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Hastings compares nationally

About 25,152 people live in Hastings, NE, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Hastings places 2,175 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.