New Berlin, WI Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in New Berlin, WI?
New Berlin reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. New Berlin's sky is brighter than 10.1% of the 3,206 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.
How far New Berlin is from a meaningfully darker sky
7 miles from New Berlin, straight-line, sits Muskego, WI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than New Berlin's own rural band.
Muskego, WI is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
New Berlin against the rest of the dataset
About 40,302 people live in New Berlin, WI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, New Berlin comes in at 323, darkest to brightest.