That sounds exciting and will probably become a centre of attention for some more advanced astrophotographers in the coming months.
Have only had a short time to assess this and believe a couple of points may need addressing. The integration time used in the image referred to is enormous and we may end up with very little to see using pier 14 with a much shorter integration time. I think we'd need to consider a minimum of 60 hours. The object is massive so an ideal candidate for this pier I think Steve.
The main issue is that to do this justice we as a syndicate would be sacrificing a lot of time on what could turn out to be a disappointment.
Just a suggestion after doing a few calculations on the back of a postage stamp.
The new pier 11 with that 200mm f2 lens working at f2. 8, whilst not giving a particularly high resolution, about 3.9 arc seconds /pixel, would require about 2/3 rds the integration time of the featured image, that's an enormous 80 hours or so but ought to be comparable in all but resolution. When the new pier is set up roboscopes might consider a one off project where any syndicate member could pay an amount to be determined to share in the data to cover some of the lost revenue. I'm sure Steve would cover his back with a no refund policy just in case.
By the time pier 11 is setup I'm sure we'll have seen a few more images and then can make a more educated guess at the integration times needed.
Just a thought.
Cheers,
Ray