New Kensington, PA's night sky, measured from orbit

New Kensington's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. New Kensington's sky is brighter than 46.7% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to New Kensington

2 miles from New Kensington, straight-line, sits Lower Burrell, PA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than New Kensington's own suburban band.

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

How New Kensington compares nationally

About 11,877 people live in New Kensington, PA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. New Kensington places 1,490 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.