I can't see anything through the Main Telescopic Tube
We've had this telescope for 5 years and never been able to use it. We can't see anything through the Main Telescopic Tube- only through the Finderscope and no-one we know knows anything about telescopes to help. It's probably a really simple solution, but we're missing something. We checked how we assembled the pieces and can see objects upside through the Finderscope, but the main Tube is black- no light or picture.
Optics - Bushnell - Voyager 78-9570 (570 x 60mm) Telescope
Answers & Comments
Did you take the lens cap off?
You have a small 60mm refractor style telescope. Put the eyepiece with the largest number written on it into the telescope. DO NOT USE the 2x barlow which you might have that doubles the magnification of the eyepiece. Your scope is too small to use the barlow. Remember most binoculars are 7x50mm. So your aperture is not much bigger than a pair of binoculars.
Now go outside during the day time and practice focusing on a distant object using the eyepiece with the largest number written on it.
This may also help you:
http://www.texasastro.org/telescope.php