What the night sky looks like over Town of Pecos, TX

Satellite radiance puts Town of Pecos in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 44.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Town of Pecos.

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 Town of Pecos

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Carlsbad, NM, roughly 82 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Town of Pecos against the rest of the dataset

About 10,224 people live in Town of Pecos, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Town of Pecos ranks 1,422 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.