What the night sky looks like over Verona, WI

Satellite radiance puts Verona in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 53.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Verona.

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 Verona

6 miles from Verona, straight-line, sits Fitchburg, WI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Verona's own suburban band.

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

Verona against the rest of the dataset

About 16,825 people live in Verona, WI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Verona ranks 1,716 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.