What the night sky looks like over Jackson, MS

Jackson reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Jackson's sky is brighter than 39.1% of the 3,206 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 Jackson is from a meaningfully darker sky

8 miles from Jackson, straight-line, sits Clinton, MS, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Jackson's own suburban edge band.

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

Jackson against the rest of the dataset

Jackson, MS counts roughly 141,449 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Jackson ranks 1,248 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.