What the night sky looks like over Tega Cay, SC

Tega Cay's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Tega Cay's sky is brighter than 8% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Tega Cay

186 miles from Tega Cay, straight-line, sits Port Royal, SC, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Tega Cay's own rural band.

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

Tega Cay against the rest of the dataset

Tega Cay, SC counts roughly 14,294 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Tega Cay ranks 257 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.