What the night sky looks like over Hobart, IN

Satellite radiance puts Hobart in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 9.5% of the 3,206 US 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 Hobart is from a meaningfully darker sky

66 miles from Hobart, straight-line, sits Plano, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Hobart's own rural band.

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

Hobart against the rest of the dataset

About 29,418 people live in Hobart, IN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Hobart ranks 303 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.