Orangeburg, SC Night Sky Brightness
Orangeburg, SC's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Orangeburg in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 64.9% of the 3,206 US 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Orangeburg
33 miles from Orangeburg, straight-line, sits Cayce, SC, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Orangeburg's own suburban band.
Cayce, SC is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Orangeburg compares nationally
Orangeburg, SC counts roughly 13,378 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Orangeburg's position, 2,069 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.