Leominster, MA Night Sky Brightness
Leominster, MA's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Leominster in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Leominster's sky is brighter than 6.9% 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Leominster
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Fitchburg, MA, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.
Fitchburg, MA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Leominster compares nationally
Leominster, MA has a population of about 44,209, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Leominster's position, 220 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.