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How to Join Global Rent-A-Scope

Each telescope has a standard hourly rate expressed in points per hour. This hourly rate is dependent on your membership plan and the current lunar phase. The current hourly rate is displayed in the "GRAS Info Center" for each telescope.

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To join Global Rent-a-Scope you need to become a member, we provide a number of plans each providing different ranges of benefits.

Try GRAS for Free

Try GRAS-013 our new one click imaging system for free by signing up today. It's simple, easy and requires no prior astro imaging experiance.

Trial Membership

Trial membership is a great way to experience the GRAS Network at a great introductory rate and is completely risk free.

Trial membership can only be purchased once only per customer account. If you wish to continue your membership after the trial please sign up to one of the other plans below.

Plan	Service Fee	Included Points	Included Hours From	Telescope Rates From	Details
Trial	$49.95	50	1.2 Hours	41	View Plan

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GRAS offers a number of membership plans specifically catering for Science Researchers, CCD Astrophotography and Educational and Non-Profit Institutions.

Science Research Memberships Plans

Research memberships provide price optimize rates on all our Research Telescopes G1, G2, G4, G5, G7 and G15 while still providing access to the complete telescope network.

Plan	Service Fee	Included Points	Included Hours From	Telescope Rates From	Details
Monthly Plans	Monthly plans provide a set amount of points that is credited to your account each month, better rates then the bulk plans and additional benefits like Private FTP Account and the Telescope Reservation System depending on plan selected. Additional Points can be purchased to supplement your account balance at any time.
Research-Plan-25	$24.95	25	0.5 Hours	48	View Plan
Research-Plan-80	$79.95	80	2.8 Hours	29	View Plan
Research-Plan-135	$134.95	135	5.2 Hours	26	View Plan

Astro Imaging Memberships Plans

CCD Imaging memberships provide price optimize rates on all our CCD Imaging Telescopes G3, G5, G14, G8, G12 & G15 while still providing access to the complete telescope network.

Plan	Service Fee	Included Points	Included Hours From	Telescope Rates From	Details
Monthly Plans	Monthly plans provide a set amount of points that is credited to your account each month. These plans include better rates then the bulk plans and additional benefits like Private FTP Account and the Telescope Reservation System depending on plan selected. Additional Points can be purchased to supplement your account balance at any time.
CCD-Starter	$24.95	25	0.4 Hours	72	View Plan
CCD-Plan-125	$124.95	125	1.9 Hours	67	View Plan
CCD-Plan-165	$164.95	165	3.3 Hours	50	View Plan
CCD-Plan-260	$259.95	260	6.4 Hours	41	View Plan
CCD-Plan-520	$519.95	520	16.5 Hours	32	View Plan

Bulk Membership Points Plans

Bulk Points Plans provide great rates across all GRAS telescopes.

Plan	Service Fee	Included Points	Included Hours From	Telescope Rates From	Details
Once Off Bulk Purchase	Bulk Points Plans.
Bulk-600	$600	715	7.9 Hours	90	View Plan
Bulk-1200	$1,200	1,550	17.2 Hours	90	View Plan
Bulk-3500	$3,500	4,850	54 Hours	90	View Plan
Bulk-6000	$6,000	8,700	96 Hours	90	View Plan
Bulk-12000	$12,000	19,000	211 Hours	90	View Plan

Notes:

"Telescope Rate From" and "Includes Hours From" are calculated from the lowest telescope rate under that given membership plan.

Please refer to each plan directly for individual telescope rates.

Additional points can be purchased to supplement your current membership plan at any stage.

Terms and Conditions

Satisfaction guaranteed, or your money cheerfully refunded!

New user accounts are typically created within 2-4 hours, however please allow up to 24 hours.
Points are valid for 12 months from time of purchase unless otherwise stated.
Monthly subscriptions are purchased through PayPal and are billed monthly. Included points in the plan also accrue monthly and any un-used points will be rolled into your next months balance. Points are consumed at the rate as per your current membership subscription, this also include any rolled over points from previous membership subscriptions. The monthly subscription can be cancelled by you at any time provided you give PayPal sufficient notice to process your request before the next billing cycle.
If you cancel your monthly subscription plan your account and points balance will be suspended until such time you resume a membership plan. Any un-used points are valid for 12 months from the time of canceling the monthly subscription plan.
Global Rent-A-Scope reserves the right to add and subtract telescopes to the global network and vary the rates at any given time.