What the night sky looks like over Meridian, MS

Meridian reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 57.5% 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 Meridian

75 miles from Meridian, straight-line, sits Starkville, MS, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Meridian's own suburban band.

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

Meridian against the rest of the dataset

Meridian, MS counts roughly 33,549 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Meridian ranks 1,834 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.