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Heres a start
Being warm with comfortable clothing
Adjustable stool set to the right height
Use of a turret to rapidly change EPs (change magnification)
Good optics with high quality EPs - great contrast and sharp views
Wide apparent field of view EPs for that immersive experience
Good company that enjoys everything
Either knowing your way around the sky or having GoTo to navigate you way around
Perfect Polar alignment and a good sync so no drift and GoTos are accurate
Being set up properly beforehand rather than fussing all night until you are too tired to get it right (a permanent Obs helps !)
Warm drink available when you need it
A computer planetarium or charts that you know how to read being handy
Not having to worry about clumsy people tripping over gear and bumping your rig out of alignment
No bright lights shining from anywhere (including head torches beamed into your eyes)
Being familiar with your gear so everything you need to do is second nature in the dark (you know where your EPs are, how to adjust focus by feel etc)
A pleasant night always help
Good seeing conditions
A good list of objects and having an expert on hand to describe what you are seeing (or rtaher what you should be seeing when it comes to faint fuzzies) in interesting detail and be able to tell a story is the best. Otherwise it can just be case of just more stars and lots of missed galaxies
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