What Do You Bring to Star Parties

Let's go beyond the obvious and the general, which I'd think would be your
scope, a star chart, and a chair.

When you attend a star party, what do you bring? Does it depend on which
party you're attending, i.e. distance you have to travel?

Does what you bring vary? Why?

How is what you bring to a star party different from what you bring to a
dark sky site that isn't the location that night for a star party?


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Relevant Pages

  • Re: What Do You Bring to Star Parties
    ... scope, a star chart, and a chair. ... When you attend a star party, ... --Coleman stove and coffee maker. ... PC/scope all night on battery. ...
    (sci.astro.amateur)
  • Deep South Regional Star Gaze XXII
    ... Just returned from my "home" star party, the Deep South Regional Star Gaze ... we had skies about as perfect as they get ... Well, since I was the observing club chairperson this year, ... use your scope with the tripod purty high. ...
    (sci.astro.amateur)
  • Re: Observations about Astronomers
    ... > use of your time at a star party. ... You ask to try the scope. ... > asking owners whether they like their own scope. ... > advice that doesn't help. ...
    (sci.astro.amateur)
  • Illuminating a small sign at a star party
    ... The idea is to have a small sign in front of each scope ... That way general public star party visitors can shuttle ... I had been thinking of using day-glo paint. ... uv LEDs at RadioShack. ...
    (sci.astro.amateur)
  • Re: Observations about Astronomers
    ... I have been to hundreds since 1957, and the absolute best scope is ... I only agree if the advice stops at "Go to a star party." ...
    (sci.astro.amateur)
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