Shively, KY's night sky, measured from orbit

Shively's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 65.5% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Shively is from a meaningfully darker sky

New Albany, IN, about 8 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Shively. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Shively compares nationally

Shively, KY has a population of about 15,850, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Shively places 2,089 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.