What the night sky looks like over Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY

Lexington-Fayette urban county reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Lexington-Fayette urban county's sky is brighter than 96.5% 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 Lexington-Fayette urban county is from a meaningfully darker sky

12 miles from Lexington-Fayette urban county, straight-line, sits Nicholasville, KY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Lexington-Fayette urban county's own urban band.

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

Lexington-Fayette urban county against the rest of the dataset

Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY counts roughly 329,437 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Lexington-Fayette urban county ranks 3,078 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.