Palestine, TX Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Palestine, TX?
Palestine 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. Palestine's sky is brighter than 23.5% 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 Palestine is from a meaningfully darker sky
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Red Oak, TX, roughly 85 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Red Oak, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Palestine against the rest of the dataset
Palestine, TX counts roughly 19,583 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Palestine comes in at 752, darkest to brightest.