What the night sky looks like over Macon-Bibb County, GA

Satellite radiance puts Macon-Bibb County in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Macon-Bibb County's sky is brighter than 35.3% 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 Macon-Bibb County is from a meaningfully darker sky

Peachtree City, GA, about 65 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Macon-Bibb County. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Macon-Bibb County against the rest of the dataset

Macon-Bibb County, GA has a population of about 157,056, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Macon-Bibb County ranks 1,125 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.