{"id":14660,"date":"2024-10-06T09:24:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T13:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fas37.org\/wp\/?p=14660"},"modified":"2025-01-02T16:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T21:30:13","slug":"orion-telescopes-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fas37.org\/wp\/orion-telescopes-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Orion Telescopes – Gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We\u2019re not sure what\u2019s going on, but Orion Telescopes appears to have gone dark. Its website (telescope.com<\/a>) is no longer working and, as far as we can tell, the company is no longer operating. There were no advance notices. The company just seems to have disappeared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those of you who don\u2019t know about this company, Orion was one of the more popular producers of astronomy equipment and many of us in the astronomy club have Orion telescopes and accessories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back in July, Sky & Telescope reported<\/a> that Optronic Technologies, the parent company of Orion Telescopes and Meade Instruments, had closed its offices and laid off all its employees. Update January 2025: Sky and Telescope is reporting<\/a> that there will be an auction of Orion equipment from January 6 to January 9, 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orion\u2019s facebook page <\/a>appears to be operating, but hasn\u2019t been updated since July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meade\u2019s website (Meade.com<\/a>), also appears to be operating. However, we don\u2019t know what the future holds for this company. Update January 2025: Meade\u2019s website appears to no longer be operating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will update this posting as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n