Hourly Pricing Rates
Hourly Imaging - How It Works?
Receive your Data
After an imaging run has completed your data will be prepared into a 7-Zip archive format and encrypted with a random password. We will send you the details of how to obtain your data files through email so please ensure This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is added to your whitelist.
The Nuts & bolts
Our location:
Latitude: 38° 13' 10.89" North
Longitude: 6° 37' 54.32" West
Altitude: 560 metres
Timezone: Western Europe
We recommend joining/using Telescopius as a wonderful free resource for choosing objects when remote deep sky imaging, if you join this site you will be able to add our location in favourites as well as your home location. At a glance you will see what deep sky objects are available, visual representations, what times they rise, set & how high they get. This website also has even more powerful tools like adding telescopes, Cameras and FOV’s which will help plan your imaging goals with Roboscopes :)
After you have placed your order your image request will be added to our system which prioritises orders based on an algorithm that takes into account lots of factors like;
Broadband filters orders generally take longer to complete than narrowband orders as the moon has less of an impact with narrowband imaging which allows you to gather more narrowband data throughout the month. Hydrogen Alpha for instance is very forgiving even with a full moon.
Depending upon some of the above as well as weather and sky conditions it may take anything from 7-28 days to deliver your data so when booking please use foresight and don’t book an object setting on the west not long after astronomical dark or one that only rises to 30degree above the horizon for 90 minutes. In essence be smart about it 😀
Please choose objects that are rising or on the east side or closer to the meridian. If on the west side make sure they are placed high in the sky as it will give us the ability to complete your order in a timely manner. If however, you still book an object while ignoring our recommendations we will do our best to fufill your request unless we feel it is an impossible task.
* Astronomy clubs/Societies, professional institutes, Universities and other teaching bodies are excluded from our two standard memberships as they do not cater for the higher level of usage a multi member or professional user group requires. Any parties found using individual memberships for this type of use will have their account closed*
Very low hourly rates
New dawn for remote telescope data pricing!
Don't take our word for it, have a look at our pricing page and you'll see affordable telescope time for professional and amateur use.
These are not introductory rates, they're just great rates.
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** Please be aware our booking form is charged by the hour, if you choose over 3600seconds in total in imaging time you will be charged for the next full hour on so on! **
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Company Details:
Roboscopes
802 Kingsbury Road
Birmingham
B24 9PS
United Kingdom
