What the night sky looks like over Port Chester, NY

Satellite radiance puts Port Chester in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 81.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Port Chester.

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.

How far Port Chester is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Rye, NY, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Port Chester against the rest of the dataset

Port Chester, NY counts roughly 30,957 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Port Chester ranks 2,600 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.