THE TTS-160 PANTHER FOLDING PIER
A compact, transportable and fast to setup pier for your telescope mount.
A SOLID BASE FOR YOUR MOUNT HEADS
The Panther Folding Pier can be used for the TTS-160 Mount head as well as many other mount heads.
Paramount MYT with Pier Adapter installed
Install MYT on Folding Pier
Paramount MYT on Panther Folding Pier
Celestron C9.25, Paramount MYT, Panther Folding Pier
SET UP IN JUST SECONDS.
The TTS-160 Panther Folding Pier can be set up in seconds. Just unfold the legs, place the centre pier tube and attach the three tension rods. No tools are needed and there are no loose screws or other small parts to handle in the dark.
ATTACH MOUNT HEAD WITH A FLIP OF A FINGER
The mount head is attached to the pier with the unique Pier Adapter. Just place the mount head on top of the pier – rotate it as needed – and lock it by rotating the hand wheel.
The Pier Adapter is installed on the mount head and stays there during transport and storage.
LEVEL THE PIER AS NEEDED
The TTS-160 Mount does not require that the pier is levelled. But for many other mount heads, this is required. Therefore we offer a version of the Panther Folding Pier with adjustable feet. These feet can also be acquired later and installed by the user (only possible on piers produced in 2019 and later).
OBSERVE FROM THE DARKEST PLACES – PIER IN ONE COMPACT BAG
The Panther Folding Pier has been designed for the easiest transport – no matter if it is into your backyard or remote dark sky sites. The design with no protruding parts ensures that the pier can be transported safely in a compact lightweight bag.
HIGH-QUALITY DANISH DESIGN
All Track the Stars piers are 100% hand-built from high-quality materials.
Every detail is carefully designed and engineered to guarantee top quality combined with elegant Danish design.
TTS-160 Panther Folding Pier Specifications
| Type | Compact Pier with folding leg |
| Weight | 12 kg |
| Height | 778 mm / 30 Inch |
| Height with extension | 1008mm / 40 inch |
| Materials | Black Anodized Aluminium Stainless Steel |
| Capacity (total max. weight of mound head, OTA, Counterweight) | 80 kg |
| Transport Bag size | Diameter 180mm (7inch), Length 600mm (24 inch) |
| Specifications | Specifications are subject to change without notice |
Panther Folding Pier is compatible with the following mount heads
| Manufacturer | Type |
|---|---|
| Astro-Physics | 400, 600, Mach-1 AP-900 |
| Avalon Instruments | M-Uno, M-Zero Linear |
| Celestron | CGX, CGX-L CGEM CGE, CGE-PRO |
| Ioptron | CEM60, CEM120 IEQ45 |
| Losmandy | G8, G11 |
| Sky Watcher | EQ6 EQ8 |
| Software Bisque | Paramount MYT |
| Vixen | Sphinx Atlux AXD |
| 10 Micron | GM1000, AZ1000 |
TTS-160 Panther Folding Pier article numbers
| Part description | Article number |
|---|---|
| TTS-160 Panther Folding Pier with adjustable feet and transport bag | TTS160JA |
| TTS-160 Panther Folding pier with transport bag. | TTS160J |
| Adjustable feet for TTS-160 Panther folding Pier (2019 and later only) | TTS160JF |
| TTS-160 Panther Pier Adapter | TTS160K |
| Mount Head adapter for the mount in scope. | MHADAP |
| TTS-160 Panther Pier Extension | TTS160Q |
A complete pier setup must consist of the pier TTS-160JA (or TTS160J+TTS160JF), the Pier Adapter TTS160K and a mount head adapter to match the mount head.
A pier extension consists of the extension tube TTS160Q and a Pier Adapter TTS160K.
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Track The Stars is a Danish telescope mount manufacturer. The mounts are the TTS-160 Panther and TTS-300 Mammoth, two Alt-Azimuth telescope mounts with top-mounting saddles. The Alt-Az design gives it multiple advantages over Equatorial Mounts. These include no polar alignment, 4-minute set up, top mount saddle, no meridian flip, compact design, precise go-to and tracking, and much more.
