What the night sky looks like over Roselle, IL

Satellite radiance puts Roselle in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 49.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Roselle.

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 Roselle

Carol Stream, IL, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Roselle. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Roselle against the rest of the dataset

Roselle, IL counts roughly 22,871 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Roselle ranks 1,573 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.