What the night sky looks like over Los Gatos, CA

Los Gatos 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. That's brighter than 23% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Los Gatos

5 miles from Los Gatos, straight-line, sits Saratoga, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Los Gatos's own suburban edge band.

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

Los Gatos against the rest of the dataset

Los Gatos, CA counts roughly 32,952 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Los Gatos ranks 734 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.