What the night sky looks like over Marion, OH

Marion's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 55.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Marion.

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 Marion

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Galion, OH, roughly 20 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Marion against the rest of the dataset

Marion, OH counts roughly 35,576 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Marion ranks 1,773 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.