u/EmmalineBlue

We got this telescope for our special needs son last week and he decided to set it up by himself on a day my husband and I were both at work, without permission.

He's 19 and usually pretty good at following instructions, but something isn't right. We went back and checked the steps and it looks correctly assembled, but the optical tube doesn't seem to be working at all. We can get the same view of Jupiter just by pointing the eye piece at it rather than going through the scope.

What have we done wrong? Any idea? Thanks.