What the night sky looks like over Universal City, TX

Universal City reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Universal City's sky is brighter than 81.4% 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.

How far Universal City is from a meaningfully darker sky

5 miles from Universal City, straight-line, sits Cibolo, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Universal City's own suburban band.

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

Universal City against the rest of the dataset

Universal City, TX has a population of about 20,267, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Universal City ranks 2,594 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.