Estimated Bortle classBucharest
B8
Class 8 of 9
City sky
Deep-sky observing is severely limited.
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Dark-sky score15/100
Faintest naked-eye star≈ 4.1 mag
Milky WayNot visible
Artificial glowVery heavy glow
Understand the glow around you
Light pollution
Estimate your Bortle class, understand what city glow hides, and explore potentially darker nearby areas.
Your observing point
LOCAL
Population estimateArtificial skyglow
How dark is your sky?
Clear does not always mean dark.
City light scatters through the atmosphere and lowers contrast, even with zero clouds. It now acts as a ceiling on the total score, so perfect weather cannot make a bright city sky behave like a dark rural one.
Still worth seeing
The Moon, planets, double stars, and bright clusters.
Most affected
Galaxies, nebulae, the Milky Way, and faint meteors.
Estimated from the population of Bucharest; local lighting can change the real value by several classes. This is an honest planning estimate, not a live satellite measurement.
