Star Party Survey

    The question of what makes a great star party has been discussed many times in many places, including a lot of star parties.  The truth is that what is great to one person may not be great to another.  However, I believe that there are a number of common traits which most people consider important for any multi-night star party.  Obviously these include dark skies, good weather and friendly people.  But typical star parties are located and scheduled to provide reasonably dark skies and a high probability of decent weather, although nature sometimes thwarts our plans.   The following questions are intended to provide data to rank these traits in order of relative importance for making a great star party.  Once I receive enough replies I will summarize and share the results on this web site and other on line forums.

    PleaseThe following 4 questions ask you to rank a series of star party features in order of importance.  The scale is:
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    1.  "Essential" - those that are most important in deciding to attend a star party and to your overall enjoyment
    2.  "Important"  - those that contribute to your overall enjoyment but are not the most critical
    3.  "Slightly Important"  - those that are nice to have, but ones you would not miss or may seldom use
    4.  "Not Important"  - those that have no impact on your choice of attending or your enjoyment at the star party 

    To help differentiate among features, there are limits on the number you can select.  Please do not select the same item in more than one of the following 4 questions