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This Makes Tele-Station Particularly Attractive:
- Unique roof design to assure protection of the contents and longevity. The aluminum roof consists of five panels, and these have overlapping seams assuring a complete waterproof seal.
- The roll-off roof panel is supported atop the metal structure without outriggers or unsightly and space-wasting exterior support tracks and framing. Track supports telescope in and out to support the roof as it moves. See the video at right to understand how unobtrusive this arrangement can be.
- The Tele-Station 2 roll-off roof is provided atop a square or rectangular metal structure that can be anchored onto the ground or onto any type of floor with our supplied anchoring hardware. The same basic roll-off roof component can be purchase complete and standalone as the Tele-Station 3 to be installed atop an existing or custom made structure.
- The roll-off roof can be opened or closed manually, or by means of the optional electric motor provided with a wireless remote control. And if power to the motorized system fails, then the roof can still be operated manually.
- This is an aesthetically pleasing design with choice of exterior panel colors. Its unique aluminum framing is slotted along the entire Tele-Station exterior walls so that the exterior can be covered to blend in even better with its surrounds.
- Pier-Tech has engineered a comprehensive array of accessories for their observatories including:
- Pier-Tech has developed a comprehensive solution not only of observatories but also offers telescope motorized elevating Piers that extend and retract beyond the roof level. This means one can observe from horizon to zenith!
- Optional control systems to permit complete remote operation of the observatory with commands transmitted by hardwire or by cellular communications. The Tele-Station can be operated as a fully remote observatory system with the optional Pier-Tech 2 or Pier-Tech 3 controlled with our Advanced Observatory Control Software & Hardware - all from the comfort of your own home or from another part of the world, with the optional Wi-Fi or Cell tower Communication Module.
- Solar Panel Power System to operate remote installations or simply for those who wish to make an environmental statement.
- Pier-Tech products are engineered and provided largely assembled and with good documentation so that installation and set up will go smoothly - even for the mere mortal. For example walls and roof panels bolt together using only one (1) tool, a supplied Allen wrench!!!
- Tele-Station can be disassembled and relocated easily. And so reuse of the space is facilitated for the next occupant of the property.
- Company Seven can provide as much support as the customer prefers: consulting and sales, facility preparation (foundation work, utilties, permits), construction, systems integration, and operator training. Just tell us what type of telescope and mount you have, and we can take care of the rest.
- Company Seven preaches "the best telescope is the one that gets used". And so the convenience of having the telescope set up in an observatory, with the mount aligned and ready to go increases the instances when the owner will enjoy the night sky.
Above Right: Click on image to see the streaming video of the amazing "TeleStation 2 Observatory with Pier-Tech 2 elevating Pier".
Video will download in Apple Quicktime format. The one minute presentation amounts to 31,166,260 bytes.
Product Gallery
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7x7 Tele-Station 2 internal view with Pier-Tech 3 supporting
ME German mount with 12" RC telescope
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Tele-Station 2 7x7 with Pier-Tech 2 supporting 14" LX200
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7x7 Tele-Station 2 Roof Open
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Tele-Station 2 9x9 with Pier-Tech 2
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Tele-Station 2 9x9 with Pier-Tech 2
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9x9 Tele-Station 2 Observatory housing a Meade 14" LX200
on a Pier-Tech 2 adjustable height pier
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8x8 Tele-Station 2 Roof Open
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8x8 Tele-Station 2 Roof Open, Night
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8x8 Tele-Station 2 with Meade 14RCX, roof open and pier raised
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8x8 Tele-Station 2 roof open, pier raised door view
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Tele-Station 2 side view
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8x8 Tele-Station 2 roof closed
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8x8 Tele-Station 2 with Pier-Tech 2 extended
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9x9 Tele-Station 2 roof ppen
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9x9 Solar Panel Power System powered Tele-Station 2
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Tele-Station 2 Solar Panel
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7x7 Tele-Station 2 roof ppen
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10x10 Tele-Station 2
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10x10 Tele-Station 2 roof closed
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8x8 Tele-Station 2 roof closed
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Tele-Station 2 with Meade 14" RCX400 on extended Pier-Tech 2 |
7x7 Tele-Station 2 |
10x10 Tele-Station 2 fully robotic observatory housing a 16 SCT on
a ME mount. Note a 7x7 Tele-Station 2 in the background. |
Pier-Tech automation hardware and Wi-Fi module |
Available Options
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Motorized roof with wireless hand pendant controller |
$700.00 |
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Cloud Sensor with mounting and wiring |
$1600.00 |
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Solar Panel Power System: Solar Panel, inverter, battery, charge controller, with all wiring and mounting equipment |
$5000.00 |
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Vantage Pro2 weather station with
mounting and wiring |
$900.00 |
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Built in storage box along whole
length, inside of the observatory |
$750.00 |
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Advanced control software and hardware
for full robotic operation, ASCOM compatible. Includes
controller, limit switches on roof and pier. |
$2000.00 |
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Awning, mounted, covers front of
observatory |
$1000.00 |
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Pier-Tech 2 Telescope Pier |
$1500.00 |
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Pier-Tech 3 Telescope Pier |
$2800.00 |
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Telescope Vibration Isolation
platform. Eliminates vibration to mount induced by walking
around the pier or tripod |
$700.00 |
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Personalized, custom signage on door
of observatory or any side panels |
$500.00 |
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Tele-Station 2 Roll Off Roof Observatory Pricing: |
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TS2-7x7x6 |
7 x 7 x 6h |
$5800.00 |
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TS2-8x16x19 |
8 x 16 x
19h |
Contact C7 |
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TS2-9x9x6 |
9 x 9 x
6h |
$7800.00 |
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Tele-Station 6 Is Available In Your Choice Of 12 Colors:
White
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Sunset Red
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Bright Yellow
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Royal blue
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Candy Apple Red
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Ivy Green
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Raven Black
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Silver Metallic
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Matte Black
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Ivory
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Regal Bronze
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Sand Beige |
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C-7 News 
Tele-Station 2 Assembly Manual: 7x7 and 8x8 Models.pdf Revision 5 May 2007. Complete twenty one (21) page color illustrated instruction manual for assembly of the Tele-Station 2 roll off roof observatory. By Pier-Tech, all rights reserved (785,275 bytes in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
NASA
Pier-Tech, Inc. is a US based manufacturing company. The company was established for the purpose of making fixed and portable Piers that can accept astronomical German Equatorial or Fork Mounts or other instruments. In time they expanded their production to develop astronomical observatories with slide-off roof, and most recently in 2008 they expanded production to include observatory domes for use by professional and home astronomical observatories, and planetaria constructed of galvanized steel in diameters from 8 feet (2.4m) up to 30 foot 6 inches (9.3 meters)! So by 2008 Pier-Tech was offering almost everything that an amateur or professional astronomer could want to house their telescope or other project.
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