Boy looking through a Sidara telescope on its GoTo mount at night

Sidara Series Telescopes & Mounts

Sidara Series telescopes are designed to make exploring the night sky more accessible, intuitive, and rewarding. Combining thoughtfully engineered optical systems with user-friendly mounts, the Sidara lineup offers a complete range of telescope solutions for beginners and experienced observers alike. Each Sidara telescope package is built around a carefully matched combination of telescope and mount, ensuring balanced performance and ease of use. From lightweight manual systems to advanced GoTo mounts with SkyAssist integration, the Sidara Series allows users to choose the level of control and guidance that best fits their observing style.

Sidara Series

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Two quick films on the new Sidara lineup.

New · Sidara Pro GoTo

GoTo with SkyAssist

The Sidara Pro GoTo with SkyAssist, in 80mm, 102mm and 127mm.

New · Sidara Plus

Medium-duty alt-az

A medium-duty alt-az mount with slow-motion controls, in 127mm and 150mm.

Sidara Series

Find your first great telescope.

Complete telescope packages that are easy to set up and a joy to use. Nano for grab-and-go, Essential for smooth slow-motion control, Plus for more aperture, Pro for GoTo with SkyAssist.

Sidara Nano 9001

Nano · Refractor

Sidara Nano 90

  • 90mmAperture
  • f/7.8Focal ratio
  • 700mmFocal length

A compact 90mm refractor on the lightweight Nano mount. Sharp, stable views of the Moon, planets and brighter deep-sky objects.

$431.00
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Sidara Nano 11402

Nano · Reflector

Sidara Nano 114

  • 114mmAperture
  • f/4.4Focal ratio
  • 500mmFocal length

A 114mm Newtonian with a wide field that makes finding targets easy, on the portable Nano mount.

$288.00
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Sidara Essential 10203

Essential · Refractor

Sidara Essential 102

  • 102mmAperture
  • f/6.5Focal ratio
  • 660mmFocal length

A 102mm refractor on the Essential mount with smooth slow-motion controls. Bright, versatile views across the whole sky.

$718.00
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Sidara Essential 13004

Essential · Reflector

Sidara Essential 130

  • 130mmAperture
  • f/5Focal ratio
  • 650mmFocal length

A 130mm Newtonian that pulls more detail out of nebulae and galaxies, with a wide field and smooth dual-axis control.

$575.00
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Sidara Plus 12705

Plus · Refractor

Sidara Plus 127

  • 127mmAperture
  • f/6.5Focal ratio
  • 820mmFocal length

5 inches of refractor for bright, detailed views of the Moon, planets and deep sky, in a package that stays easy to carry.

$1,292.00
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Sidara Plus 15006

Plus · Reflector

Sidara Plus 150

  • 150mmAperture
  • f/5Focal ratio
  • 750mmFocal length

A fast 150mm Newtonian for brighter, richer deep-sky views, with a wide field that makes big targets easy to frame.

$1,005.00
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Sidara Pro 8007

Pro · GoTo

Sidara Pro 80

  • 80mmAperture
  • f/11.3Focal ratio
  • 900mmFocal length

An 80mm refractor on a GoTo mount. Pick a target in SkyAssist and the mount finds and tracks it for you.

$862.00
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Sidara Pro 10208

Pro · GoTo

Sidara Pro 102

  • 102mmAperture
  • f/5.9Focal ratio
  • 600mmFocal length

A 102mm refractor with automatic GoTo locating and tracking through SkyAssist. Great for planets and deep sky alike.

$1,149.00
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Sidara Pro 12709

Pro · GoTo

Sidara Pro 127

  • 127mmAperture
  • f/15Focal ratio
  • 1900mmFocal length

A 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain with a 1900mm focal length for crisp, high-magnification views of the Moon and planets, with GoTo tracking.

$1,436.00Out of stock

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Unboxed

Out of the box, onto the sky.

Watch our team unbox and set up the Sidara lineup.

Sidara Series GoTo Telescopes

Explore Scientific's Sidara Series makes exploring the night sky more accessible, intuitive and rewarding. Combining thoughtfully engineered optics with user-friendly mounts, the Sidara lineup offers a complete range of telescope solutions, from compact Nano models for beginners to Essential and Plus systems and Pro GoTo telescopes that find and track objects automatically.

The Sidara family includes refractor telescopes, Newtonian reflectors and Maksutov-Cassegrain telescopes in a range of apertures, so you can choose the design best suited to your interests. Refractors offer sharp, low-maintenance views, Newtonians gather more light for deep-sky objects, and Maksutovs excel at high-magnification lunar and planetary viewing. Sidara Pro models pair these optics with a GoTo mount that takes the guesswork out of finding galaxies, nebulae and planets.

When choosing a Sidara telescope, consider how much aperture you want, how portable your setup needs to be, and whether you prefer to learn the sky manually or let a GoTo mount do the finding. Sidara telescopes make excellent first telescopes for adults and families, and their modular design lets you upgrade eyepieces and accessories over time. Whichever model you choose, the Sidara Series is built to make every night under the stars easier and more enjoyable.