What the night sky looks like over West Haven, CT

Satellite radiance puts West Haven in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 64.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than West Haven.

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 West Haven is from a meaningfully darker sky

7 miles from West Haven, straight-line, sits Ansonia, CT, the nearest city here with a darker sky than West Haven's own suburban band.

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

West Haven against the rest of the dataset

West Haven, CT counts roughly 55,379 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, West Haven ranks 2,055 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.