Meade ceases operations

[Jeremy Shears]

Once a pioneer in telescopes and equipment, Meade has ceased to operate according to S&T: https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/meade-and-orion-cease-operations-maybe/

[David Arditti]

The fact that it is Orion Telescope & Binocular as well is bad. These names disappearing would mean a significant contraction in choice in the amateur equipment market. But Meade has gone bankrupt before and then been rescued. We’ll have to see.

[Mr Owen Michael Brazell]

They are both owned by the same company, Orion bought Meade last time out.

[Lars Lindhard]

I suppose the next chinese company will pick up the pieces

[Steve Knight]

I wonder what will happen to Meade owned Coronado?

[Dr Paul Leyland]

Being the owner of a Meade Schmidt-Newtonian I am almost, but not quite, concerned about its future well being. I suspect that parts and technical knowledge will still be available for the rest of my lifetime.

[Mr Giovanni Di Giovanni]

I learn this news with heartfelt regret. Meade has allowed me to do many things at reasonable prices.
The market for amateur telescopes and their accessories appears to be out of date. Telescope companies are suffocating themselves, especially as the stars have disappeared from the sky. The various online marketplaces as they are filled with gear (everything has become ballast) of all kinds still new put up for sale because they are superfluous. A few days ago, I took a Celestron D90mm refractor to one of the flea markets in my town. The manager didn’t want it, he said it wasn’t for sale. He only agreed to try because we have known each other for years.
In my country they say: only after you have bought it do you realise that you don’t need it.

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