What the night sky looks like over Roy, UT

Satellite radiance puts Roy in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Roy's sky is brighter than 17.4% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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 Roy is from a meaningfully darker sky

3 miles from Roy, straight-line, sits West Haven, UT, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Roy's own suburban edge band.

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

Roy against the rest of the dataset

Roy, UT has a population of about 38,719, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Roy ranks 555 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.