What the night sky looks like over Oswego, NY

Oswego reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 70.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Oswego.

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 Oswego

48 miles from Oswego, straight-line, sits Geneva, NY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Oswego's own suburban band.

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

Oswego against the rest of the dataset

About 17,047 people live in Oswego, NY, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Oswego ranks 2,246 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.