We buy second hand telescopes, mounts and accessories all at competitive prices! If you have some used equipment for sale, simply email us at sales@rothervalleyoptics.co.uk with what you have for sale. Try and include some pictures if you can as this will help us value your equipment. Please also include details such as age, condition, any marks, electronics condition, any included accessories and extras. Once we have this, we can give you a value of your goods.
Please see below our current range of second hand telescopes. Click here to see our second hand accessories. Please keep checking back as more and more items are added weekly!
A Celestron Nexstar 130 SLT telescope in used but good condition. The mirrors are clean and have been colimated. The electrics, goto system and motors have been tested and are in full working order. This is great GOTO telescope with a large 130mm aperture.
This is a Skywatcher Startravel 150 OTA that has been returned by a customer who changed his mind. The tube and accessories are like new but there are some marks on the dovetail bar where it has been mounted, so we are selling this at a reduced price. All contents are included and it comes boxed.
A great example of the very popular Celestron Nexstar 5 SE telescope. This telescope is in great condition and is in full working order. The optics are clean and the electronics have been tested. Comes supplied with a red dot finder, 25mm super plossl eyepiece and 1.25" diagonal.
Here we have the Orion Optics UK OMC140 Mak OTA that has just been serviced by Orion Optics. The primary mirror has been resilvered and the coatings have been re applied. This is a superb scope that is ideally used on the moon, planets and bright deep sky objects.
A superb Vixen 81mm ED refractor in very good condition. The optics are clean and have been checked. There is no play in the focuser, the scope is in full working order. This is a high quality lens with Japanese optics, producing super sharp images, it is a fantastic imaging scope in great condition. There are marks to the dovetail bar this is expected on a pre-owned scope. This scope also has the optional carry handle included and is supplied with a 2" eyepiece holder as standard.
A Celestron 9.25" SCT telescope in very good condition. The optics are clean and the collimation has been checked. This comes with the vixen style dovetail bar. There are some marks to the bar, but this is only cosmetic and does not effect the operation. Comes with front cap, visual back a back cap. The scope is in full working order.
A very nice pre-owned Orion Optics 12" Newtonian optical tube in very good condition. This has the higher quality 10th wave mirror option, and the upgraded OC1-M focuser. Made in the UK this is a high quality reflector perfect for deep sky, lunar and planetary observing.
Here we have the very popular Celestron Nexstar Evolution 6" SCT Telescope in very good condition. The tube has been cleaned and collimated by us, and the mirrors have been checked, there are no marks or blemishes. The electronics and battery have been tested and everything is in full working order.
For sale we have an Ascension 127 ED Triplet in very good condition. This is the high precision model (~0.95 Strehl ratio or better) with interferometer report. Comes supplied with an upgraded 8x50 illuminated erecting finderscope, 20mm and 10mm eyepiece and aluminium flight case.
A second hand Celestron CPC 8" SCT Telescope. The tube has been cleaned and collimated by us, and the mirror has been checked. The optics are in fantastic condition. The handset and electronics have been tested and it's in full working order. There are some marks and scratches to the legs and base of the mount, however these are only cosmetic. Comes supplied with all standard accessories including 40mm eyepiece, 50mm finderscope and diagonal.
