Sky-Watcher

{{Short description|Astronomical company}}

{{more footnotes|date=September 2011}}

{{Infobox company

| type = Corporation

| foundation = {{start date and age|1999|df=yes}}

| location_city = Suzhou

| location_country = China

| industry = Technology

| homepage = http://www.skywatcher.com

}}

Image:Tasco SkyWatcher Telescopes.jpg 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.[http://www.universetoday.com/41852/the-sky-watcher-az4-102-refractor-telescope-how-sweet-it-is/ Tammy Plotner, The Sky-Watcher AZ4 102 Refractor Telescope… How Sweet It is!, universetoday.com, 30 September 2009] The brand is distributed in Canada, Europe and in the late 2000s, it was extended to the United States market.[https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/05/22/idUS287328+22-May-2008+BW20080522 Reuters - press release, Synta Optical Technology and Celestron Announce a New Telescope Supplier in the US. Thu 22 May 2008 7:18pm EDT] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133250/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/05/22/idUS287328+22-May-2008+BW20080522 |date=24 September 2015 }}