I bought a Newtonian OTA from the local Orion store about 3-4 years ago (see photo). At the time, I didn't know a Newtonian from a Telecaster. I never used it much because I bought a LX200 SCT soon after. The dimensions of the OTA are identical to the Vixen R200SS, an f-4 8" Newtonian as are the colors. However, the only lable on the scope is "Orion". It cost about $900 at the time. I cannot find it anywhere in the Orion website. The question is did Vixen make the R200SS for sale under the Orion badge or did Orion copy the scope and sell it? Any help would be appreciated
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