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[Al Degutis]

Imaginova™ Corp, producers of Starry Night software as well as other astronomy multimedia, announced today that it has acquired Orion Telescopes & Binoculars.

www.imaginova.com/newsroom/release.php?id=050113

I have no idea if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Orion has made a good name for themselves by selling quality products at good prices. The Orion 80mm ED is getting raves reviews. Plus, Orion is known for their excellent customer service. I haven't purchased telescopes from Orion, only a couple of accessories, but I've eyeballed a number of them.

[jglover]

Al said:

I have no idea if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Orion has made a good name for themselves by selling quality products at good prices. The Orion 80mm ED is getting raves reviews. Plus, Orion is known for their excellent customer service. I haven't purchased telescopes from Orion, only a couple of accessories, but I've eyeballed a number of them.

I'd like to thinik it is not going to have any impact. According to a statement I read, Tim Giesler, the founder of Orion, was looking to retire and get out of the day to day operations of Orion, yet wanted to preserve the company's management and way of doing business. Imaginova was looking for an outlet to find a way to sell scopes and astro gear to its customer base, so it sounds as if this is a good fit. I'm hoping for an Orion badged GOTO mount driven by Starry Night software personally......LOL

[BigTenInch]

Maybe now Orion will put their name on the 150mm Synta.