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Used/Demo Equipment - Updated 5/25/2013

Updated 5/25/2013

We are the largest dealer in used telescope equipment east of the Rockies and have been for the last 20 years. If you have equipment you are planning to sell, Hands on Optics would be glad to give you a call or Quotation.Please call toll free 1-866-726-7371 or Click Here Please call toll free 1-866-726-7371 or email info@handsonoptics.com to confirm availability. If this is the first time you have seen our stock listing we call the FUN list (Factory, Used, New), it may require some explanation.

N = New - Special, Unusual or One of a Kind
S = New - Special Factory Purchase, Low Price
D = Dealer Demo Unit, New Warranty
U = Used, Condition described
F = Factory second or Blem
A = Antique

'*' Indicates Consignment- Cash, Check, PayPal only

Starting March 1, 2013, Hands on Optics FUN list of 100’s of used items will be sent out with our monthly mailing letter ad full day before being published on our webpage. Since most of the items are one of a kind, the bargains are on a first come basis. It is easy to join, just click here to Join our Mailing List!

Newsletter Specials of the Month
N $6,999.00 Vixen's VMC 260 on latest Sphinx SXP with Starbook 10, Equatorial Mount, tripod, adapter and Vixen VMC 260 Maksutov telescope package special. One only. Reg $8317 now $6999 SAVE $1300. The best system in the store. 5 year warranty
S $2,700.00 Refractor - VIXEN ED115S Refractor OTA (ITEM #5866) Japan made high definition ED lens Apochromat. The new ED design features brighter images from the shorter f/7.7 focal ratio The ED115S comes complete with 125mm tube rings and Vixen's New Dual Speed Focuser. 5 Year Warranty. Special Purchase SAVE $300
A $395.00 Cassegrain OTA- White Celestron C5 Mint early C5+ spotting scope in hard case.
A $450.00 Maksutov Newtonian - Intes MN56 with case. No finder
U $299.00 Sky Commander v3.38 DSC and printed manual. Works well with programs like Sky Charts and Stellarium. Includes 2 US Digital encoders (usually are about $100), and cable ready to plug into the Sky Commander. Encoders are mounted to pieces of aluminum angle
D $4,100.00 Mount - Celestron Complete CGE Pro mount from the Celestron Booth display at the NEAF. Original boxes and accessories. Checked, and repacked. Full warranty. $900 OFF
D $1,999.00 Mount - Vixen Sphinx SXD Mount.and Tripod. New Floor model Mount with Full warranty. Supplied with both Starbook AND NexSXD /Celestron modification kit to use Ceelstron controlls. Incl Polar scope, Counterweights. Current price is $3500
N $2,699.00 Mount - Vixen's Sphinx SXD with Starbook, Equatorial Mount and tripod. Sold and returned in one day. His scope was to heavey. His loss is your gain. (Item #2503Hal130) FREE $449 Vixen Mount Head case. SAVE $449. Full 5 year warranty
U $250.00 Meade Field Giant Tripod - from a 12" LX200
A $250.00 B&L 8x56 WWII Vintage, Marked US Army. In collimation, Case is missing top.

TRADE 4mm Clave Paris Plossl 1.25" Trade only. Call or email me with offers.
U $200.00 Lumicon Giant Easy Guider Reducer Only. NO internal prism. 3" plus lens in mint shape. Set up for C11-C14.
N $99.00 Olivon Filter Wheel, 1.25" with 5 installed color filters by Olivon
TELESCOPES
N $6,999.00 Vixen's VMC 260 on latest Sphinx SXP with Starbook 10, Equatorial Mount, tripod, adapter and Vixen VMC 260 Maksutov telescope package special. One only. Reg $8317 now $6999 SAVE $1300. The best system in the store. 5 year warranty
S $2,700.00 Refractor - VIXEN ED115S Refractor OTA (ITEM #5866) Japan made high definition ED lens Apochromat. The new ED design features brighter images from the shorter f/7.7 focal ratio The ED115S comes complete with 125mm tube rings and Vixen's New Dual Speed Focuser. 5 Year Warranty. Special Purchase SAVE $300
D $8,999.00 Cassegrain - Celestron Complete CGE Pro 14" HD from the Celestron Booth display at the NEAF . Original boxes and accessories. Checked, Collimated and clean. Dewcap never removed. Full warranty. SAVE $1500
D $4,929.00 Cassegrain - Celestron 1400 Edge HD Tube Assembly from the Celestron Booth display at the NEAF. Original boxes and accessories. Checked, Collimated and clean. Dewcap never removed Full warranty.
U $2,000.00 Cassegrain - Celestron CP1100 SCT, Trade in 3 years old Excellent condition with all original equipment, not original box. Handcontroll updated with latest SW. . Checked, Collimated and Clean.
U $450.00 Cassegrain OTA - Meade 10" F/10. Taken off the LX 2120 fork. Just cleaned and collimated. New 98% coatings on the secondary. Good to VG condition. Includes Visual back and diagonal. No dovetail of finder.
D $1,949.00 Cassegrain - Celestron CPC9.25 Edge HD from the Celestron Booth display at the NEAF. Original boxes and accessories. Checked, Collimated and Clean. Dewcap never removed Full warranty.
D $1,500.00 Cassegrain - Celestron CPC800 SCT our Floor model. Original boxes and accessories. Checked, Collimated and clean. Full warranty. SAVE $400
U $350.00 Cassegrain - Celestron G5 5" SCT F/10 on the smaller CG3 mount with single axis drive. Light weight, and USA made optics. Comes with 30mm finder and diagonal and 25mm EP
A $395.00 Cassegrain OTA- White Celestron C5 Mint early C5+ spotting scope in hard case.
A $450.00 Maksutov Newtonian - Intes MN56 with case. No finder
U $950.00 Refractor - AstroTelescopes 152-3. The actual telescope on the cover of Astronomy Technology Today and reviewed by Astronomy. Several marks on the tube. Optics are great. 2.5" Stellarvue Focuser. Full warranty
D $99.00 Refractor - Celestron Astromaster 70AZ from the Celestron Booth display at the NEAF. Original boxes and accessories. Checked, Collimated and clean. Dewcap never removed Full warranty.
D $499.00 Refractor - AstroTelescopes AT102 F/11 Floor Model latest model with the new focuser. Mint as new.
D $319.00 Reflector 8" Orion Classic XT, 25mm eyepiece. Assembled and tested. Will not ship. New Warranty
A $200.00 Reflector - 4" Edmund F/10 Red Tube with EQ mount, 120V Drive.1.25" focuser. Nice Condition
MOUNTS, DRIVE, ELECTRONICS, PARTS Etc.
U $295.00 Sky Commander v3.38 DSC and printed manual. Works well with programs like Sky Charts and Stellarium. Includes 2 US Digital encoders (usually are about $100), and cable ready to plug into the Sky Commander. Encoders are mounted to pieces of aluminum angle
U $299.00 Mount - Ioptron 8200 Pro Cube. Includes optional hard case and AC adapter. Sold new Nov 2010 for $480
D $4,100.00 Mount - Celestron Complete CGE Pro mount from the Celestron Booth display at the NEAF. Original boxes and accessories. Checked, Collimated and clean. Dewcap never removed. Full warranty. $900 OFF
D $1,999.00 Mount - Vixen Sphinx SXD Mount.and Tripod. New Floor model Mount with Full warranty. Supplied with both Starbook AND NexSXD /Celestron modification kit to use Ceelstron controlls. Incl Polar scope, Counterweights. Current price is $3500
D $2,699.00 Mount - Vixen's Sphinx SXD with Starbook, Equatorial Mount and tripod. Sold and returned in one day. His scope was to heavy. His loss is your gain. (Item #2503Hal130) FREE $449 Vixen Mount Head case. SAVE $449. Full 5 year warranty
D $99.00 Mount - Celestron AZ3 mount Aluminum legs. Retired floor model
U $159.00 Tripod head. Bogen Manfrutto 501 Fluid Head with Quick Release
N $89.00 Drive - Orion AstroView Dual axis drive # 07828 Fits Celestron CG4 and Skyview EQ3 mounts also. Made by Synta
S $20.00 Drive - Guan Sheng EQ mount motor drive system. Never installed.
U $20.00 Meade Field Tripod Azimuth mico adjustment. Both halves One attaches to the wedge, the other to the Mount
U $250.00 Tripod - Meade Field Giant Tripod - from a 12" LX200
U $100.00 Tripod - Meade 883 tripod for ETXs
U $120.00 Tripod - Celestron older Flat top SE tripods. Fits 4" SE through 8SE
U $70.00 Wedge - Meade standard wedge
U $65.00 Hand Control - Meade Autostar 497 ofr ETX, tested
U $95.00 Hand Control - Celestron for Nexstar GPS Version 2.2 6.8 6.8.
U $25.00 Hand Control - Meade directional controller for older USA made Meades
N $99.00 Wooden Legs for most EQ mounts. 6" taller than original aluminum legs.
U $20.00 Vixen dovetail, generic, 12" , few scuffs
U $15.00 Tripod Bag. New fits all ETX tripods.
N $29.00 Older C8 power cords, oval type, with offset center hole
N $25.00 PAIR- Flexible slo-mo control. Fits all Meade, Celestron and other mounts
BINOCULAR - SPORTS OPTICS
D $63.00 Celestron 12x60mm Skymaster from the Celestron Booth display at the NEAF. Original box and accessories. Checked, Collimated and clean. Full warranty.
D $66.00 Celestron 15x70mm Skymaster from the Celestron Booth display at the NEAF. Original box and accessories. Checked, Collimated and clean. Full warranty.
D $128.00 Celestron 20x80mm Skymaster from the Celestron Booth display at the NEAF. Original box and accessories. Checked, Collimated and clean. Full warranty.
D $199.00 Celestron 15x70mm Cavalry Skymaster from the Celestron Booth display at the NEAF. Original box and accessories. Checked, Collimated and clean. Full warranty.
A $199.00 Zeiss 7x50 1950’s vintage, Zeiss-Jana binoctem, clean and collimated, original case
A $250.00 B&L 8x56 WWII Vintage, Marked US Army. In collimation, Case is missing top.
A $95.00 Sard WWII vintage 7x50 with original case. Great condition, collimated
A $25.00 Zeiss-Hungary 6x30 marked PRISMAS-LATCSO, slightly out of collimation, rare
1.25 INCH EYEPIECES AND ACCESSORIES
U TRADE 4mm Clave Paris Plossl 1.25" Trade only. Call or email me with offers.
N $24.00 9mm Multi Coated Plossl by GTO
U $10.00 10mm Celestron Kellner Mint
U $35.00 10mm AstroTech Titan Widefield As New
U $75.00 25mm Coronado CEMAX eyepiece in StarDust case
U $45.00 28mm Edmund RKE excellent condition
D $29.00 Barlow - 3X Barlow, GSO Excellent condition
N $45.00 Barlow, Edmund long 2.5X RKE, in original sealed packaging and original 2004 receipt.
U $20.00 Barlow - 1980s Celestron 3X.average cond
A $25.00 Diagonal 90 degree Amichi - Celestron from the 1970s
U $35.00 Diagonal 45 degree Amici Meade , made in Japan Excellent cond
U $35.00 Straight through Porro Erecting Prism Orion - Excellent cond
U $35.00 Diagonal - Meade 45 erecting prism, excellent condition
2.0 INCH EYEPIECES AND ACCESSORIES
N $20.00 32mm Galileo 55 degree eyepiece in case.
N $22.00 42mm Rini Erfle. Made with Edmund Scientific Achromats. High Contrast 50 degree field
N $29.00 0.5X Rini Reducer. Made with Edmund Sci Achromat. Brass insert
D $149.00 2.4X 2" Vernonscope Barlow. New retired floor model
.965 INCH EYEPIECES AND ACCESSORIES
U $19.00 9mm Meade MA , mint condition. Made in Japan
U $30.00 12.5mm Unitron Kellner. Excellent optics, barrel shows minor wear.
U $5.00 20mm H, Japan, well made.
U $25.00 25mm Celestron Kellner Mint, made by Vixen
N $19.00 40mm Meade MA , New
U $20.00 Moon Filter for Unitron style eyepieces. Fits over the top
U $45.00 Unitron straight through porro prism, excellent condition
N $35.00 Mercury Systems 2"-.965 adapter, uses .965 eyepieces in a 2" focuser. new in box
U $19.00 Celestron straight through porro prism, made in Japan, excellent condition
U $29.00 Diagonal Hybrid .965" in - 1.25" out. 45 degree Amici Celestron made in Japan by Vixen.
U $29.00 Porro Prism. Unitron .965 straight through. Excellent condition.
IMAGERS AND ACCESSORIES
U $209.00 Optec NGM 0.33X Next Generation MaxField, Mint in box
N $40.00 25mm Plossls with Interchangable rubber eyecup and T Adapter. Use with any T-Ring and image through your camera or as a regular eyepiece.
U $20.00 Meade Elesctronic eyepiece. 1.25" Uses USB cable
U $200.00 Lumicon Giant Easy Guider Reducer Only. NO internal prism. 3" plus lens in mint shape. Set up for C11-C14.
SCT DEDICATED ACCESSORIES
S $325.00 Focuser - JMI Evolution EV1C for Cassegrain. New old Stock. In original box. Reg. $369
D $100.00 GPS - Celestron SkySync with stap for tripod legs. Demo model. No box. As new SAVE $99
U $50.00 AstroPhysics 2" Visual back for 12" - 16" Meade SCTs. Comes with 1.25" adapter.
U $25.00 Piggyback Camera Mount- Celestron 8-11 older model
U $65.00 ADM Counterweight bar and weights for Meade 12" SCT.
U $25.00 Peterson Eyeopener for Meade 8-10" scopes. Clear 2" straight through
U $50.00 Lumicon Large Visual Back for Celestron 11"/14" 3 brass setscrews.
U $135.00 JMI EZ align, polar finder for SCTs
U $15.00 Meade AC adapter 12V, 1980’s vintage
N $29.00 Older C8 power cords, oval type, with offset center hole
U $95.00 Hand Control - Celestron for Nexstar GPS Version 2.2 6.8 6.8
MIRROR AND LENSES
U $25.00 Edmund 4" F/10 in cell. Coatings OK but older.
A $50.00 6" F/4. Made in 1964. Figure unknown.
U $449.00 9" Zerodur blank. 1.3" thick
FILTERS
N $140.00 SBIG 7nm H-Alpha Narrowband Filter. New old Stock
U $39.00 Solar Filter Orion 6.58" ID Fits most 130mm Reflectors and others. Excellent condition in box.
U $175.00 Solar Diagonal - Coronado 1.25" Gold coated Use with any H-Alpha scope or for Planets
N $99.00 Filter Wheel, 1.25" with 5 color filters by Olivon
U $35.00 Filter Set Celestron 1.25" 1990s Old School. #15, #25, #56 and POL in StarDust case
N $99.00 Filter Wheel, 1.25" with 5 color filters
U $79.00 Filter - Lumicon deep sky filter, made 2" - 48mm threads one side, male t-threads the other
TUBE ASSEMBLY PARTS
S $325.00 Focuser - JMI Evolution EV1C for Cassegrain. New old Stock. In original box. Reg. $369

$20.00 Focuser - 1.25" GSO taken from 80mm refractor . Fits into 84mm tube
N $45.00 Piggyback Camera Mount- ETX 125 by Scopestuff

$30.00 Dew Heater Strap - 1000 Oaks HB20 for 5" scopes- fits Kendrick and 1000 Oaks controllers
N $25.00 Dew Heater Strap - 1000 Oaks HB2 for Telrad - fits Kendrick and 1000 Oaks controllers
N $20.00 Mercury Systems GFSA visual back, adds brass retaining ring for GSO Newtonian focusers
U $35.00 GFSA-8 replaces high hat style adapter on GSO Newtonians

$100.00 Finder, Televue Starbeam, VG/Excellent Condition.

$45.00 Finder, Celestron /Vixen 8x50 Japan. Polar filter Illuminator works, no battery
U $40.00 Finder - Intes 10x40mm with mounting racket. Very sharp image. Average condition
U $50.00 SFM2 - StarFinder Laser Finder Mount with Dovetail for Synta/Orion Finder Bases AND LASER
U $25.00 Mounting Rings - Chinese 4" pair
U $10.00 Mounting Rings - Vixen for 80mm scopes
MISCELLANEOUS
N $55.00 Microscope - Celestron Dual Handheld Digital and Optical Microscope - Discontinued. Was $79,
D $40.00 Microscope - Celestron 44302-A Handheld Digital Microscope - Discontinued floor model
D $40.00 Microscope - Celestron 44302-A Handheld Digital Microscope - Discontinued floor model
A $450.00 Collimator - Gaertner Collimator ISA-L360 3 ft long with mounting rings. Original cost $15000

$25.00 Collimator - Edmund Collimator. Same size as 6x30 finder. Reticule getting old.
A $50.00 Microscope - Ken A Vision microscope projector 3 objective , Salesman sample from 1980s
U $35.00 Microscope - American Optical Model SIXTY. Internal lighting. Classic student model
N $375.00 Celestron New Top of the line Dissecting Microscope Discontinued Model 44420. Was $499
N $39.00 1.1" Celestron Microscope Eyepiece. WF 15x15 Long Eye Relief.
N $60.00 1.1" Celestron Microscope Eyepiece. PAIR WF 15x15 Long Eye Relief.
N $39.00 1.1" Celestron Microscope Eyepiece. WF 10x20 Long Eye Relief.
D $25.00 SLR camera mount steady pix by Orion
BOOKS
U $10.00 40 Nights to Knowing the Sky, Fred Schaaf, 1998
U $10.00 A Complete Manual of Amateur Astronomy, P. Clay Sherrod with Thomas L. Koed, 1981
U $5.00 Between the Stars, Time Life Library
U $10.00 Blame it on the Weather Amazing Weather Facts, Phillips, Parfit, Chisholm, 2002
U $15.00 Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Robert Burnham. Jr.
U $55.00 Cometography A Catalog of Comets, Gary W. Kronk, 1999
U $16.00 Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Timothy Ferris, 1988, First Ed
U $5.00 Cosmic Catastrophes, Calrk R. Chapman and David Morrison, 1989
U $39.95 Exploration of the Universe, George O. Abell, Fourth Ed
U $21.50 Map Projections-A Working Manual, John P. Snyder, 1926
U $10.00 MegaStar5 (User Guide), William-Bell, Inc, 1992-2002
U $5.00 Photo-Guide to the Constellations, Chris Kitchin, 1947
U $40.00 Planetary Nebula, Steven Haynes, 1991
U $18.95 Planetary and Lunar Coordinates 2001-2020, Willmann-Bell, inc, 2001
U $15.00 Sky Atlas 2000 Companion 2nd edition, Robert Strong & Roger W. Sinnott, 2000
U $5.00 Software for Photometric Astronomy, Silvano Ghedini, 1955
U $11.00 Solar System Photometry Handbook, Russell M. Genet, 1983
U $74.00 Storm Talk, Tim Marshall, 1995
U $10.00 The Astronomers book. The PBS television series, Donald Goldsmith, 1991
U $25.00 The Moon Observer's HandBook, Fred W. Price, 2009
U $5.00 The Pocket guide to Astronomy, Patrick Moore, 1982
U $15.00 One Universe, at Home in the Cosmos
U $15.00 The Skywatchers Handbook, Colin Ronan, 1985
U $1.00 The Stargazers Bible, W S Kals, 1980
U $5.00 Universe, William J. Kaufmann, III, copyright 1985, 1988, Second Ed
U $20.00 What's out Tonight? 50 Year Astronomy Field Guide 2000 to 2050, Ken Graun, 1999
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