Xenia, OH Night Sky Brightness
Xenia, OH's night sky, measured from orbit
Xenia reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 61.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Xenia.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Xenia is from a meaningfully darker sky
9 miles from Xenia, straight-line, sits Fairborn, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Xenia's own suburban band.
Fairborn, OH is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Xenia compares nationally
Xenia, OH counts roughly 26,067 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Xenia's position, 1,954 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.