Sellersburg, IN Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Sellersburg, IN?
Sellersburg reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 6% of the 3,206 US 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.
How far Sellersburg is from a meaningfully darker sky
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Fort Oglethorpe, GA, roughly 241 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.
Fort Oglethorpe, GA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Sellersburg against the rest of the dataset
Sellersburg, IN has a population of about 10,057, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Sellersburg comes in at 191, darkest to brightest.