40 minutes from steyr-city and you are 1100m above sealevel . A very dark place where the clouds are darker than the night sky nearls as on good places like namibia. To the east at 150 km distance is Vienna with small light dome. South at 200 km is Graz you can see the clouds are little brighter. The biggest light pollution is from Linz to the north with dist. 60 km. Since Oct. 2011 we measure continuosly with lightmeter the light pollution http://kuffner-sternwarte.at/hms/wiki/index.php5?title=Lightmeter http://www.sternfreunde-steyr.at/aufnahmen/bilderseiten/lightrouter.htm It is our meeting point for stargazing since 5 years,