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Durango Skies Steel Piers

 

These are top quality steel piers, manufactured locally in Durango, Colorado. This allows us to customize the pier height to your observatory. These steel piers include the following features:
  • Anti-vibration stabilizer fins
  • Full welds on all seams
  • Pier height that is calculated to fit your equipment and setup
  • Pier top that rotates 360° for polar alignment after the pier is in place
  • Dual top plates that allow for leveling after the pier is in place
  • Concrete pier base installation instructions
  • Adapter plates for your particular telescope or wedge. Current plates include:
    • Meade LX90/LX200/LX200-ACF and Ultrawedge
    • Celestron CPC/Nexstar and Wedge
    • Celestron CGE Mounts
    • Losmandy Titan and G-11/GM8 Mounts
    • Mountain Instrument MI-250 Mount

Referring to the diagram on the right, Your Pier Height is the desired or calculated height of the pier for your observatory. The Adapter Plate is leveled with three (3) Leving Bolts. The leveling bolts can also be used to raise/lower the telescope height and by default are set at 2". The Adapter Plate/Cap Plate assembly is rotated for rough polar alignment and is then locked into place with three (3) side bolts and a center bolt. Precise polar alignment is accomplished with the adjustments provided with your mount.

Durango Skies Steel Pier Gallery

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10 inch Steel Pier for Celestron SCT Telescopes  (Item #DS-1034Pier-C) 
This 10 inch steel pier is designed for the Celestron CPC, Nexstar and other Celestron Alt/Az mounts and Celestron compatible equatorial wedges.
 $850.00 
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10 inch Steel Pier for equatorial mounts (Large Top)  (Item #DS-1034Pier-GenL) 
This 10 inch diameter steel pier is designed for general equatorial mounts. The large adapter plate is machined to match your specific equatorial mount adapter.
 $850.00 
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10 inch Steel Pier for equatorial mounts (Small Top)  (Item #DS-1034Pier-GenS) 
This 10 inch diameter steel pier is designed for general equatorial mounts. The small adapter plate is machined to match your specific equatorial mount adapter.
 $850.00 
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10 inch Steel Pier for Losmandy G-11/GM8 Mounts  (Item #DS-1034Pier-LMA) 
This pier comes with the Losmandy MA adapter for attaching either the Losmandy G-11 or GM8 mounts.
 $940.00 
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10 inch Steel Pier for Losmandy Titan Mounts  (Item #DS-1034Pier-LMAL) 
This pier comes with the Losmandy MAL adapter for attaching either the Losmandy HGM Titan, HGM 200 and GM 200 mounts.
 $1,100.00 
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10 inch Steel Pier for Meade SCT Telescopes  (Item #DS-1034Pier-M) 
This is the perfect steel pier for astrophotography
 $850.00 
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8 inch Steel Pier for Celestron SCT Telescopes  (Item #DS-858Pier-C) 
Attach your Celestron SCT directly to the top plate for Alt-Az operation or attach a Celestron compatible wedge for equatorial operation.
 $720.00 
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8 inch Steel Pier for equatorial mounts (Large Top)  (Item #DS-858Pier-GenL) 
This 8 inch diameter steel pier is designed for general equatorial mounts. The large adapter plate is machined to match your specific equatorial mount adapter.
 $720.00 
In Stock 
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8 inch Steel Pier for equatorial mounts (Small Top)  (Item #DS-858Pier-GenS) 
This 8 inch diameter steel pier is designed for general equatorial mounts. The small adapter plate is machined to match your specific equatorial mount adapter.
 $720.00  Buy Now 
8 inch Steel Pier for Losmandy G-11/GM8 Mounts  (Item #DS-858Pier-LMA) 
This pier comes with the Losmandy MA adapter for attaching either the Losmandy G-11 or GM8 mounts.
 $810.00 
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8 inch Steel Pier for Meade SCT Telescopes  (Item #DS-858Pier-M) 
Attach your Meade SCT directly to the top plate for Alt-Az operation or attach a Meade compatible wedge for equatorial operation.
 $720.00 
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