What the night sky looks like over Manor, TX

Manor's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 51.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Manor.

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 Manor is from a meaningfully darker sky

Hutto, TX, about 13 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Manor. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Manor against the rest of the dataset

Manor, TX has a population of about 21,500, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Manor ranks 1,642 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.