What the night sky looks like over Kearney, MO

Satellite radiance puts Kearney in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 31.7% 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 Kearney is from a meaningfully darker sky

12 miles from Kearney, straight-line, sits Smithville, MO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Kearney's own suburban edge band.

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

Kearney against the rest of the dataset

About 11,215 people live in Kearney, MO, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Kearney ranks 1,011 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.