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Bojan, That looks exactly identical to the Orion 102mm f/7 sitting in my garage, about 6 years old, it was $1200 from Bintel but the exchange rate was more favourable than now.
Nothing wrong with mine, its sharp, perfect grab-n-go scope. Optically I'd give it 8.5 out of 10 - it will take a 5mm or even 4mm eyepiece for high power and on bright stars you will see diffraction rings, although the image does have traces of yellow colour similar to the Astro Prof 102/714ED which as you suggest is almost certainly the same lens. I'm pretty sure it was rebadged in the US by several companies.
By the way mine (the Orion version) has a 2" focuser and with say the LVW 42 down to the 3.5mm you have a huge range of magnifications to play with.
In comparison the budget-priced fast achromatic scopes are not diffraction limited and only good for low to medium power.
Last edited by Wavytone; 11-02-2015 at 08:37 PM.
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