Help us build the network. Keep more of every booking.
We're choosing a small group of observatories, clubs and telescope owners to launch Celestarray with. Founding hosts get better terms for their first year and a direct line to shape how hosting works.
What founding hosts get.
On top of everything every host gets: your price, your hours, your rules, and your own software and safety systems in charge.
A lower commission for your first year
You keep 85% of every booking instead of the standard 80% for 12 months from when you join. After that, the standard 80% applies.
Featured at launch
Your telescopes are featured on our home page and at the top of the telescope listings when we open bookings.
Early access to automation
Be first to try the Host Agent, our connector that loads bookings straight into your control software (NINA first), and tell us what it should do.
A founding host badge
A permanent "Founding host" badge on your listings, so astronomers know you were here from the start.
Remote telescopes, anywhere under dark skies.
We want a mix of northern and southern skies, so astronomers can always find a dark night somewhere.
- Hosting facilities with house telescopes, or clients who'd like to rent out idle nights.
- Astronomy clubs with a shared remote rig and hosting fees to cover.
- Universities and observatories with nights outside teaching and research.
- Individual owners renting a pier at a hosting site, who'd like their rig to pay its way.
From application to first booking.
Apply
Tell us about your telescope, site and control software. It takes two minutes.
Talk to us
A short call to understand your setup and agree your founding-host terms.
List your scopes
Add each instrument with its price, opening hours and allowed targets.
Go live at launch
Featured from day one. Payouts go through Stripe 48 hours after each completed session.
Plain terms.
- Founding-host places are limited and offered at our discretion while we build the first part of the network.
- The 85% share applies to bookings paid during your first 12 months, counted from the date we confirm you as a founding host. Bookings keep the rate they were paid at.
- After 12 months the standard host share applies (currently 80%; see our booking policy).
- There's no cost to apply or to list, and no minimum number of hours. You can pause or remove a listing at any time.