Naples carries Bortle 8 city light, but southern Italy's drier, clearer climate gives it more usable nights than the northern cities. The Apennines inland and the Cilento National Park to the south-east reach Bortle 3–4, and the dark Tyrrhenian Sea horizon to the west is useful for low-declination and sea-horizon targets. At 40.9°N, Naples sees more of the southern sky than northern Europe, with the summer Milky Way core standing reasonably high. Mount Vesuvius and the coastal setting make for dramatic astrophotography foregrounds.