What the night sky looks like over Wellington, CO

Satellite radiance puts Wellington in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 13.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Wellington.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Wellington

11 miles from Wellington, straight-line, sits Timnath, CO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Wellington's own suburban edge band.

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

Wellington against the rest of the dataset

Wellington, CO has a population of about 12,100, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Wellington ranks 427 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.