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Sky-Watcher 114 mm EQ1 reflector (upper right) with Tasco refractor
Sky-Watcher is a commercial distribution company established in 1999 by the Synta Technology Corporation of Taiwan (Synta Taiwan). It markets telescopes and astronomy equipment, such as mounts and eyepieces , aimed at the amateur astronomy market. The products are manufactured at Synta Taiwan's Suzhou Synta Optical Technology Co., Ltd. in Suzhou (Jiangsu) , China .[1] Canada , Europe and in the late 2000s, it was extended to the United States market.[2]
Company history
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In 1999, the Sky-Watcher brand was established to sell Synta Taiwan's optics, with head offices in Richmond, British Columbia , Canada. They began producing Dobsonian telescopes in 2000, followed by Maksutov–Cassegrains in 2001, and Apochromat ED-APO refracting telescopes in 2004.
Sky-Watcher sells telescopes from 2.4" (62mm) up to 16" (406mm) aperture with manual, motor-driven, or GoTo mounts.[3] Dobsonians with collapsible tubes, a product line they call Flex Tube-Dobsonians.
Products
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Sky-Watcher products include telescopes, spotting scopes, mounts, and other accessories.
Using a Sky-watcher telescope to project the Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015 .
References
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^ Reuters - press release, Synta Optical Technology and Celestron Announce a New Telescope Supplier in the US. Thu 22 May 2008 7:18pm EDT Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^ Astronomy, Go. "All Sky-Watcher Telescope Models [2024 List] | GO ASTRONOMY" . Go-Astronomy.com . Retrieved 2024-02-10 .
External links
[ edit ] R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sky-Watcher&oldid=1208004644 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● T e l e s c o p e m a n u f a c t u r e r s ● C o m p a n i e s b a s e d i n S u z h o u ● C h i n e s e c o m p a n i e s e s t a b l i s h e d i n 1 9 9 9 ● C h i n e s e b r a n d s ● T a i w a n e s e b r a n d s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● W e b a r c h i v e t e m p l a t e w a y b a c k l i n k s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● A r t i c l e s l a c k i n g i n - t e x t c i t a t i o n s f r o m S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 1 ● A l l a r t i c l e s l a c k i n g i n - t e x t c i t a t i o n s
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
