Lawrence, IN Night Sky Brightness
Lawrence, IN: how dark is the sky here?
Lawrence's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Lawrence's sky is brighter than 52.2% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely - see the Bortle scale guide for where they can disagree.
How far Lawrence is from a meaningfully darker sky
7 miles from Lawrence, straight-line, sits Fishers, IN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Lawrence's own suburban band.
Fishers, IN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Lawrence compares nationally
Lawrence, IN has a population of about 49,817, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Lawrence places 1,666 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order, ranked by the method in the methodology guide.