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CHICAGOLAND ASTRO-ADS

Welcome to Chicagoland Astro-Ads! This page is provided as a free service to amateur astronomers in the greater Chicago, Illinois area as a place to post astronomy related classified ads, and to shop for used astronomy equipment within a reasonable radius, enabling buyers to personally connect with the sellers. Your hosts are the Naperville Astronomical Association, one of Chicagoland's many fine amateur astronomy clubs. To submit an ad, see the information at the bottom of this page.

--A word of caution to users of this page: The Internet is prowled by crooks, too. If your ad is posted here, you may get responses from various scam artists as well as serious purchasers. And while we've never had any complaints about scam postings, we cannot guarantee the honesty of the people posting ads here, either. Again, the purpose of this service is to help local astronomers connect; we suggest that you complete your transactions face-to-face! (To you crooks, go looking elsewhere for victims; this page is for local U.S. sales, and the sellers here aren't going to ship overseas!)--

Current Listings:

  • For Sale: Meade LX 200 EMC 12"
    10 years old. Shipping box stored. Meade advertisement perfect. Call for viewing, offer

    Contact: Rich Dillender
    Phone: 630-527-9709
    Fax: 630-527-9710
    Cell: 630-677-9066
    e-mail: dilldad1@gmail.com
    Posted: April 22, 2008

  • For Sale: Meade 8" LX200 GPS w/UHTC
    I am selling this newer telescope, field tripod, finder scope, eye pieces, solar filter and carrying case for a friend's widow who does not want the scope in her house. I can drop off the scope for local purchasers as I live in Algonquin.

    Price: $950/obo
    Contact: John P. Graham
    Phone: 847-641-1330
    e-mail: cubflyer1940@yahoo.com
    Posted: April 20, 2008

  • For Sale: C-8 Telescope
    I have an older C-8 telescope in great shape for sale. For more information, please contact me at one of the options below.

    Price: $900/obo
    Contact: Ray Iozzo
    Phone: 708-278-9028
    e-mail: ray1176@sbcglobal.net
    Location: Naperville
    Posted: April 20, 2008

  • For Sale: Meade 12.5" DOB
    I am the third owner. All bearings have been reworked and on a scale of 1-10 it goes where pushed at about 9.

    - All bearing surfaces have been redone with good stuff!
    - It has a counter balance system.
    - Optics are very good and are well adjusted via laser and mechanical measurements.
    - It has a very good two-speed 2" focuser with extender and 1 1/4" insert.
    - Telrad.
    - Good laser for adjustment.
    - Magellan 1 with external provision for 9 volts - I use the Orion battery pack.
    - I have the Orion blue wrap package and a top cover.
    - I use a Ace leveling device for the set up - this is included.
    - There a few eyepieces included, but we can talk about those.

    Price is $875. Will provide picture to serious prospects.
    Contact: Carl Balke
    Phone: 608-362-0432
    e-mail: carlbalke@charter.net
    Location: Beloit, WI. I will deliver half the distance to the buyer with a limit of 150 miles.
    Posted: January 3, 2008

  • For Sale: Meade 7" Maksutov LX50 w/Sky Wizard
    I am second owner of a 10 year old 7" Maksutov LX-50 in good condition.

    Package Includes:
    - Meade Maksutov-Cassegrain LX50, D=178mm, F=2670mm, f/15, EMC Super multi-coated optics.
    - Enhanced 4000 step encoders, lat. & dec. upgrade kit (both installed by previous owner).
    - Meade adjustable field tripod
    - Meade equatorial wedge
    - Orion/Celestron Sky Wizard, Model 3, V3.51, with serial cable. Can be used alone or with programs like TheSky (not included).
    - Thousand Oaks Optical Solar View, Type A+, full aperture solar filter
    - Orion 8x50 finder
    - Kendrick light/dew shield
    - Celestron Plossl 26mm eyepiece
    - Meade 2x Telenegative Barlow Lens
    - Orion EZ Finder II Reflex Sight

    e-mail for pictures or with questions

    Price: $1275 for everything. At this time will not seperate
    Contact: Darren
    e-mail: mailaddress001@aol.com
    Location: Lisle, IL - Local pickup or meet within 50 miles
    Posted: January 1, 2008


  • For Sale: 6” Reflector Telescope on Alt-Az Mount.
    - Primary Mirror: 6” Pyrex F/5.4 89% reflect. Hand-figured to 1/16th wave by ENTERPRISE OPTICS- The Best Optics Money Can Buy.
    - Secondary Mirror: 1.3” 93% reflectivity. Mounted on curved holder.
    - Tube: Reinforced cardboard tube (only 6.5 lbs)
    - Focuser: Helical Focuser (thread in a thread)
    - Mount: Scope rests on a yoke fastened with straps. 4.5lb counterweight.
    - Tripod: Alt-Az Mount on a re-designed Meade ETX field tripod.
    - Finder: Red Dot finder
    - Included eyepiece: 26mm Super plossl eyepiece (Meade)
    Price: $350.00
    Contact: Kevin Korotov
    Email: kkorotev@sbcglobal.net
    City: Milwaukee, WI but seller can meet buyer half-way between buyer and seller.
    Posted: September 2, 2007

  • For Sale: 8" Celestron and Accessories
    Selling telescope with all the accessories but will sell them separately.
    Items:
    - Celestron 8” Telescope with 6x30 LER Finder
    - Carrying case for the telescope tripod
    - Celestron Star Diagonal 1-1/4”
    - Orion 45 Degree Erect Image Diagonal
    - Solar Filter 8” Meade/Cel SC
    - Orion 2.3, 5.2, 10.5 mm Lanthanum
    - Celestron 25mm SMA 1 ¼” wide angle
    - Carrying case for eye pieces
    - Chair
    Contact: Kim
    Phone: 630-527-3278 Work
    City: Tinley Park
    Email: kmostowik@edward.org
    Asking: $2000 for everything or will sell separate
    Posted: July 31, 2007

  • For Sale: Celestron CG3 Equatorial Mount
    Celestron CG3 equatorial mount/aluminum tripod legs (for small scope); has extended RA/DEC slo-mo knobs.
    Asking $50.
    Contact: Paul Francuch
    Phone: 312-867-3947
    Email: pfchi@earthlink.net
    City: Chicago
    Posted: May 24, 2007
     
  • For Sale: Telescope Package
    Meade ETX 125 MAK with these Meade accessories: #884 Heavy duty field tripod; #497 Autostar controller; Manual controller; LPI camera with autostar suit software; #678 metal dew shield; #932 Erecting Prism; 26mm super plössl eyepiece; and also: Scoptronix "Flexi-focus"; Optical port adapter for 1.25" accessories; Home made BAADER solar filters for main tube and finder scope; Home made KWIK focusing helper; Original documentation plus Weasner's Meade ETX Tech Tips for performance enhancements. Selling as a package for $600.00, firm.
    Contact: Robert Carrington
    E-mail rcarrington@wideopenwest.com
    City: Naperville, Ill.
    Updated: April 3, 2007

  • For Sale: 8" Newtonian Reflect on German Equatorial Mount
    8" Newt with focal length of 1000mm, f/5 focal ratio, 2 inch extendable stainless steel legs, 9x50 finder scope, slow motion axis extensions. Counter weights and collimator included. Price: $400.
    Picture and info at website.
    City: Elburn, IL
    Posted: April 2, 2007

  • For Sale: Meade 10-inch RCX400
    The Meade 10-inch RCX400 is an observatory-level telescope for the serious amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. This telescope is in excellent condition. This instrument is too much of a scope for me, that's why I am selling it. The price is $4500.00 (negotiable). I am an NAA member.
    Contact: Frank Schoener
    Telephone: 815-342-3486
    E-mail: fjsrms@comcast.net
    City: Shorewood, IL
    Posted: November 11, 2006

  • For Sale: ST-2000XCM self-guiding color CCD camera
    I am selling this camera for--$1900.00, almost brand new A relatively large CCD with a generous field of view---nearly two Megapixels, good sensitivity, low noise---Anti blooming protection--High resolution on smaller telescopes with 7.4 micron square pixels Flexibility of binning 2x2 on larger scopes with good image size Self-guiding with a built-in TC-237H CCD Remote Guide Head Port High speed download - about 4.5 seconds for a full 1.9 megapixel imageI am an NAA member.
    Contact: Frank Schoener
    Telephone: 815-342-3486
    E-mail: fjsrms@comcast.net
    City: Shorewood, IL
    Posted: December 6, 2006

     
  • For Sale: Telescope Eyepieces
    I am cleaning out the eyepiece box. For sale are the following, all Plossl, all in very good condition.
    25mm 15mm 10mm 9mm 6mm 4mm
    The 25 & 10 are Orion the others are Celestron. All are 1.25in. $25 each or all 6 for $125.00. Easiest to reach me on my cell phone; I can bring to any NAA meeting or can arrange to try in one of my scopes.
    Contact: Joe Mullin
    Telephone: 815-483-3064
    City: Glen Ellyn, Ill.
    Posted: July 14, 2006


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Commercial Friends of the N.A.A.:

Astronomical Neckties & Ceramic Tiles by Hazel Stevens Designs
As featured in the Jan '04 issue of ASTRONOMY MAGAZINE, Hazel Stevens Designs offers hand-painted ceramic tile in "astro" and nature themes, washable, cotton, 2-sided reversible mens' neckties in "astro" themes and washable silks and batiks. We also have hand-painted glass and cards, and jewelry too!!
Contact: View our current line of merchandise at www.hazelstevensdesigns.com
Email: Hazel Stevens at hazelstevensdesigns@yahoo.com

Astronomy Book Available
"Objects in the Heavens - edition 3.5" by Peter Birren, member of the NW Suburban Astronomers, is a digest-sized deep-sky viewing list and fieldbook for use at the scope (or binoculars) to find out what to see and where it is. 676 objects of magnitude 10 or greater, 153 double stars and 186 "city objects" have been culled from 33 different catalogs.
Contact: See http://www.birrendesign.com/astro.html for more details.

Astronomy Book Available
"A Field Guide to Double Star Observing" by Joe DalSanto, is a concise introduction to double star observing. It includes introductory and "how-to" chapters, four seasonal star-hops with numerous eyepiece sketches, and a catalog of over 400 doubles for small scopes with room for your observations. Softbound, water resistant cover for use at the telescope, 145 pages; just $15 postpaid in US.
Contact: See http://www.geocities.com/astyjoe/doublestarobserving.html for more details or E-mail joe.dalsanto@hp.com




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To submit an ad for posting, e-mail the ad information to: ads@naperastro.org . Be sure to include your full name (no anonymous postings!); also an e-mail address and/or telephone number where potential buyers can reach you. You must provide your city; you may also include a street address if you would like it listed. We do not host photographs of your items on our site, but you may include links to photos or other details if you have them on your own webspace.

Ads must be of an astronomical nature; they can include items wanted or for sale, information wanted, or searches for other area amateurs sharing a specific interest with you. The service area for this page is a 70 mile radius from Naperville, Illinois; this includes Racine Wis.; Rockford, Ottawa and Kankakee Ill.; Michigan City, Ind.; and, of course, Chicago. The concept is for buyers to be in reasonable driving distance from sellers.

The Naperville Astronomical Association reserves the right to edit ad content and select whether or not to run any ads submitted, and in no way provides any warranties on their content or the materials listed in them, nor accepts any responsibility for typographic errors. The N.A.A. will attempt to post submitted ads reasonably promptly, and remove them in the same manner when the submitter instructs us via e-mail to do so, but is not able to guarantee this service. We may remove ads which have remained posted for an extended period on our own.

For more information on the N.A.A., check out our website via the site menu on the left. For the other area clubs' websites, see our Links page. If you would like to put a link to this page on your site, feel free to do so; for the HTML code to add a little picture button, just drop us a request at ads@naperastro.org.
 

 

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