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Used/Demo Equipment - Updated 3/14/2012

Updated 3/14/2012

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, 2012, 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!

TELESCOPES
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$499.00 Refractor - AstroTelescopes AT102 F/11 Floor Model latest model with the new focuser. Mint as new.
D$1,499.00 Refractor - Vixen ED103S 103mm APO Spotless Floor model. Additional 2" Vixen diagonal ($179) and Vixen 20mm Plossl ($39). FULL WARANTY. New replacement is $1913
D
$1,105.00 Reflector 10" Orion SkyQuest XT GoTo lfoor model. 35mm 2" eyepiece. Assembled and tested. Will not ship. 15% Off $1300. New Warranty
A$200.00 Reflector - 4" Edmund F/10 Red Tube with EQ mount, 120V Drive.1.25" focuser. Nice Condition
S$4,700.00 Cassegrain - Celestron 14" HD Optical Tube Assembly. New, with a quarter sized, 3mm deep dent on side. Original box and accessories. Checked, Collimated and clean. Never set up. Full warranty. $1000 OFF

$1,999.00 Cassegrain - Celestron CPC1100 VG to Excellent cond. Original finder, diagonal, eyepiece and AC adapter. Clean and collimated
U$550.00 Cassegrain - Meade 10" F/10. Taken off the LX 2120 fork. Just cleaned and collimated. New coatings on the secondary. Good to VG condition. Includes Visual back and diagonal.
D$1,799.00 Cassegrain - Celestron CPC800 floor model. Mint and as new. Full warranty in original box. We are just rotating floor mdels
D$1,250.00 Cassegrain - Celestron New Orange 8 on a Celestron Advanced CG5 go to. Floor Model Just discontinued. New Full warranty. Save $300
A$395.00 Cassegrain - Celestron C5 Mint early 1980s. In original green footlocker. Comes with finder and diagonal. Optics and paint are increadable nice. Includes C90/C5 wedge.
A$300.00 Cassegrain - Meade ETX 90 RA Original 1st Year production. Never used in Meade Hard Case. Dustless, spotless. 26mm SP, Table Top Tripod.
N$179.00 Cassegrain - Vixen 95 Cassegrain. New never used, still in the box. No tripod.
MOUNTS, DRIVE, ELECTRONICS, PARTS Etc.

$1,200.00 Orion Atlas EQ6 G with $500 Astrotroniks Hypertune Upgrade, Locking Power Connector, Easy Altitude Upgrade set. $200 Pellican Case for head included.Original cost $2100
S$749.00 Mount - Meade LX80 mount, Special Buy. New in Box

$1,899.00 Mount - Vixen Sphinx SXW Moun. FREE R130SF Telescope. New Floor model Mount with Full warranty. With HALSXG Tripod and new StarBook.
D$4,200.00 Mount - Vixen Sphinx SXP Equatorial Mount Item #25051 with HALSXG Tripod.. Includes Item #2518 -SX Half Pillar Half Pier and Item #2697 - SX Aluminum Case. Total retail $5150
U$550.00 Mount - Televue Gibraltar with 127 head for larger scopes. Ash legs
D$100.00 Tripod- Meade LT/LS tripod. Mint, never used
U$159.00 Tripod. Bogen Manfrutto 501 Fluid Head with Quick Release
N$40.00 Drive - Guan Sheng EQ mount motor drive system
U$80.00 Hand Control - Meade Autostar 497, tested
U$99.00 Hand Control -Celestron for CG5 mount, new, out of box
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
U$75.00 Hand Control - Meade Autostar. No cable. Version? - But upgradeable. Good condition
N$79.00 Wooden Legs for most EQ mounts. 6" taller than original aluminum legs.
U$40.00 Dovetail plate—Losmandy style, excellent condition
U$20.00 Vixen dovetail, generic, 12" , few scuffs
U$55.00 Losmandy brand dovetail and radius blocks for Celestron C8
U$15.00 Meade AC adapter 12V, 1980’s vintage
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$750.00 Minox MD 62 W ED spotting scope body with 22X wide angle eyepiece. Spent the last 6 months in a glass case. Full warranty. Street price $998.
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

$119.00 8-24mm Zoom Meade new old stock. Made by Vixen in Japan. Original box
U$60.00 2.3mm Orion Lanthanum Mint, like new. Comes in StarDust case. Japan
U$259.00 3.5mm Pentax XW eyepiece mint in StarDust case.
N$24.00 9mm Multi Coated Plossl by GTO
U$20.00 9mm Meade MA new in plastic case
U$10.00 10mm Celestron Kellner Mint
U$10.00 10mm Plossl, no brand name, same as Orion. Condition 7/10, optics mint
U$25.00 12mm Meade MA, old school made in Japan. OEM on Meade scopes in 1980s.
U$35.00 12mm Meade Crosshair with cable and box. Model 07062
U$45.00 12mm Edscorp Kellner Volcano top Japan. Very nice
S$40.00 15mm Edmund Plossl with Orange rubber ring. Current model. Comes in StarDust bolt case.
U$75.00 25mm Coronado CEMAX eyepiece in StarDust case
U$50.00 32mm Vernonscope. 1970s vintage well used.
F$99.00 32mm Vernonscope. Factory Blem Perfect except one 1/2" scrap in side. Optics are new.
D$29.00 Barlow - 3X Barlow, GSO Excellent condition
A$25.00 Barlow - Criterion CP4 classic 2X
U$20.00 Barlows - 1980s Meade and Celestron 2X and 3X. All have great Japan glass, well used barrells. Take your pick from lot of 7
N$100.00 Diagonal - Lumicon 1.25" , enhanced coatings. New not in original box.
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.
U$69.00 35mm Orion Deepview. Mint in Box
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
U$15.00 SCT T Adapter, Celestron mint in box.
N$35.00 T adapter - SBIG #12 BTA for Maks and SCTs.
U$20.00 T- Adapter Celestron 1.25" , threaded for filters
SCT DEDICATED ACCESSORIES
U$79.00 Filter - Meade SCT broadband filter, #911B, made in Japan
S$325.00 Focuser - JMI Evolution EV1C for Cassegrain. New old Stock. In original box. Reg. $369
U$45.00 Piggyback Camera Mount- Celestron 8-11" Rare taller version 3" high
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$25.00 Motorfocuser Celestron made for C11. Needs Celestron or JMI handbox
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
U$25.00 Radius blocks for Celestron C925, fit Losmandy, Celestron Farpoint dovetail D size
U$25.00 Footlocker for Celestron 8" VG condition - with key
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
A$159.00 Aerojet Deft - Military Airborn Lens. 18" FL F/4. 7 element Front-100mm Back-125mm
U$750.00 14.5 Sphere F70 Perforated with 2" hole. Full thickness Pyrex made by J Uneritl for US government Fermi Labs in Chicago. No coating. Replacement cost $5000
FILTERS
U$1,000.00 DayStar H Alpha Filter. 0.6 T-Scanner. 2" in and out. 3 years old in new red barrelled case SN TS031007. Mint Was $2700 new.
N$140.00 SBIG 7nm H-Alpha Narrowband Filter. New old Stock
U$70.00 Solar Filter 1000 Oaks Type 2 for 8" Meade or Celestron SCT 9.75" ID. Excellent condition in box.
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
U$79.00 Filter Red Energy Rejection Filter. 1.5" Off Axis in 6" ID cell by 1000 Oaks. Fits C5
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
U$69.00 Filter Lumicon OIII filter 1.25" excellent condition
U$69.00 Filter Lumicon UHC filter 1.25" excellent condition
U$25.00 Filter - Meade SCT 1A dust seal by GSO. As new.
U$79.00 Filter - Meade SCT broadband filter, #911B, made in Japan
U$20.00 Filter - 2" OPTEC Violet Light Rejection. Blocks 420nm and less
TUBE ASSEMBLY PARTS
U$99.00 Counterweight - Celestron 11" SCT C/w Set.Bar w/ 1 Stainless weight, Losmandy Camera Mount
D$65.00 Counterweight - Celestron 11 SCT counterweight set of 3 Fits on front Bottom 3.6 lb total
S$325.00 Focuser - JMI Evolution EV1C for Cassegrain. New old Stock. In original box. Reg. $369
U$45.00 Piggyback Camera Mount- Celestron 8-11" Rare taller version 3" high
N$45.00 Piggyback Camera Mount- ETX 125 by Scopestuff
F$75.00 Dew shield - Celestron DewStar Rigid NEW IN BOX for Nexstar 8 or other 8" +/- OTAs
N$25.00 Dew Heater Strap - 1000 Oaks HB2 for Telrad - fits Kendrick and 1000 Oaks controllers
U$45.00 Dew Heater Strap - Kendrick 10" excellent condition
U$25.00 Dew Heater Strap - Orion 11" excellent condition cig Lighter Plug in
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
N$25.00 Finder - Meade 30mm with dual brackets , mint in box
U$45.00 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 Finder - Meade EXT Right Angle Finder replacement No 07421. New in Box
U$39.00 Finder - Celestron 50mm straight through Mint in box
U$50.00 Mounting Ring - Stellarvue Clamshell for 4"
U$50.00 Mounting Rings - Losmandy 90mm finder rings and SCT base
U$60.00 Mounting Rings - Parallax 7.0" ID Felt lined Hexagonal
U$25.00 Mounting Rings - Chinese 5.4" new
U$10.00 Mounting Rings - Vixen for 80mm scopes
U$65.00 Mounting Rings - Criterion RV6 rings
MISCELLANEOUS
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$55.00 Celestron Dual Handheld Digital and Optical Microscope - Discontinued. Was $79,
A$450.00 Gaertner Collimator ISA-L360 3 ft long with mounting rings. Original cost $15000
U$50.00 Meade MySKY handheld planetarium Mint in box
U$25.00 Footlocker for Celestron 8" VG condition - with key
U$45.00 Footlocker for Early Meade 10" VG condition - with key
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
U$59.00 Case - Meade case for ETX 90 or 105. Excellent condition
U$259.00 Case - JMI rolling case for Meade LS series.
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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