Prosper, TX Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Prosper, TX?
Satellite radiance puts Prosper in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Prosper's sky is brighter than 81.6% 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.
The nearest darker sky to Prosper
6 miles from Prosper, straight-line, sits Celina, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Prosper's own suburban band.
Celina, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Prosper against the rest of the dataset
About 44,503 people live in Prosper, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Prosper comes in at 2,602, darkest to brightest.