What the night sky looks like over Hendersonville, NC

Satellite radiance puts Hendersonville in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 72.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Hendersonville.

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 Hendersonville

33 miles from Hendersonville, straight-line, sits Waynesville, NC, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Hendersonville's own suburban band.

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

Hendersonville against the rest of the dataset

About 15,656 people live in Hendersonville, NC, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Hendersonville ranks 2,298 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.