Kettering, OH's night sky, measured from orbit

Kettering 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. Kettering's sky is brighter than 33% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Kettering is from a meaningfully darker sky

11 miles from Kettering, straight-line, sits Trotwood, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Kettering's own suburban edge band.

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

How Kettering compares nationally

Kettering, OH counts roughly 57,028 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Kettering places 1,054 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.