Somerset, KY's night sky, measured from orbit

Somerset reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 68.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Somerset.

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

How far Somerset is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Berea, KY, roughly 39 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Somerset compares nationally

Somerset, KY has a population of about 12,389, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Somerset places 2,184 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.