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This is a tad old, but every so often I browse for a telescope that is too big for me to consider carrying.  Was kinda shocked when I found this info.

I know there are a handful of pilots out there that have some level of interest in astronomy, so thought they might be interested in reading this:

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Meade Instruments, based in Irvine, California, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on December 4, 2019, following its loss of a multi-million dollar antitrust lawsuit brought by Orion Telescopes & Binoculars. The filing claims Meade's debts range between $10 million to $50 million.

Meade, along with Sunny Optical, is a subsidiary of the Chinese manufacturer Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co. Ltd having been purchased in 2013. The lawsuit found that Sunny colluded with other Chinese manufacturers in a price-fixing scheme that formed a monopoly over the domestic consumer telescope market.

Meade is now owned by Orion Telescopes and Binoculars

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