Heavy Pier Reservation Deposit

The Heavy Pier is designed for the most demanding setups, providing maximum stability and strength for large telescopes. A reservation deposit of $399 is required, with a monthly charge of $399 thereafter. Ideal for serious astrophotographers, this pier includes basic technical support and is built to handle substantial loads.

Piggyback telescope fee: +$100 / month / additional piggyback or side-by-side system for all pier types.
Each additional piggy back system will no longer incur an additional installation fee.

Basic technical support: A variety of simple, non-time consuming tasks are offered gratis.
Includes, but is not limited to, the addition and removal of lens caps for calibration frames, the reseating of USB cables, power cycling requests, sanity checks, etc.

Advanced technical support: More complex tech support tasks are billed at $50/hr.
Includes, but is not limited to, collimation, tip tilt, additional polar alignments, setup changes, filter changes, camera rotation, remote tech support, etc.

Disassembly fee: $399