What the night sky looks like over Mesquite, TX

Mesquite's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 52.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Mesquite.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Mesquite

Heath, TX, about 10 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Mesquite. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Mesquite against the rest of the dataset

About 150,140 people live in Mesquite, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Mesquite ranks 1,660 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.