What the night sky looks like over Satellite Beach, FL

Satellite radiance puts Satellite Beach 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. Only 21.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Satellite Beach.

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 Satellite Beach

Melbourne, FL, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Satellite Beach. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Satellite Beach against the rest of the dataset

About 11,367 people live in Satellite Beach, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Satellite Beach ranks 699 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.