{"id":3419,"date":"2020-12-09T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/?page_id=3419"},"modified":"2026-08-07T09:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:07:12","slug":"night-sky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/en\/nationalpark-gesaeuse\/naturphaenomene\/sternenhimmel\/","title":{"rendered":"Night sky"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Night sky<\/h2>\n
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The Ges\u00e4use owes its dark starry sky to its geographical location, because Austria's largest cities Vienna, Graz, Salzburg and Linz are quite far away from the Ges\u00e4use. It lies, so to speak, exactly in the dark middle between these metropolises.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, it rains more often in the Ges\u00e4use. The average annual precipitation ranges from 1162 mm in Admont to 1584 mm in Hieflau, but when the sky is clear and cloudless, the stars shine with a clarity that can only be found in very few places in Central Europe. 6000 stars are visible to the naked eye. A look at the light pollution map illustrates the special location of the Ges\u00e4use: www.lightpollutionmap.info<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Die Nacht ist allerdings f\u00fcr viele Wildtiere eine sehr sensible Zeit: Nur in der Dunkelheit k\u00f6nnen sie sich ungest\u00f6rt in ihrem Lebensraum bewegen. Unsere G\u00e4ste bitten wir, nachts von Touren ins Gel\u00e4nde abzusehen. Nichtsdestotrotz haben wir viele Touren und Pl\u00e4tze, an denen sich die Naturnacht besonders gut beobachten l\u00e4sst:<\/p>\n

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