What the night sky looks like over Irvine, CA

Satellite radiance puts Irvine in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 65.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Irvine.

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 Irvine

5 miles from Irvine, straight-line, sits Laguna Woods, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Irvine's own suburban band.

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

Irvine against the rest of the dataset

About 318,683 people live in Irvine, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Irvine ranks 2,102 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.