What the night sky looks like over Wellington, FL

Wellington reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Wellington's sky is brighter than 16.1% 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 Wellington

15 miles from Wellington, straight-line, sits Palm Beach Gardens, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Wellington's own suburban edge band.

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 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

About 63,258 people live in Wellington, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Wellington ranks 515 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.