New Albany, IN Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in New Albany, IN?
New Albany reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 34.4% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near New Albany
Sellersburg, IN, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than New Albany. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Sellersburg, IN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
New Albany against the rest of the dataset
New Albany, IN has a population of about 37,652, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, New Albany comes in at 1,096, darkest to brightest.