🌌 Welcome to Hidden Light Photography! 🌌 In this video, we dive deep into the world of guiding graphs and how to read them to diagnose and correct common issues in astrophotography auto guiding. Whether you're dealing with backlash, stiction, or incorrect guiding settings, this guide will help you understand what your guiding graph is telling you and how to get back on track. 📈✨ 🔧 What You'll Learn: - Identifying common guiding issues - Understanding the guiding graph - Identifying and Solutions for backlash, stiction, and more Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more astrophotography tips and tutorials! 🌠📸 Have questions or need further clarification? Drop a comment below or email me at Tony@ Want to view my video on how to read a guiding graph? Check out this link: Want to learn how to set up PHD2? Check out this video: Want to learn how to match your guidescope to your Primary scope for best guiding? Check out this video: 00:00 Introduction 00:36 The Guiding Graph Story: Chapter 1 01:49 Rule Number 1 03:07 Reading the Guide Commands 04:23 RMS is the Only Judge of Guiding Quality 07:25 Nothing is Perfect 08:07 Mount not Receiving Commands 08:59 Declination Set to Guide in One Direction Only 09:41 Backlash 11:30 Excessive Periodic Error 14:14 Excessive Polar Alignment Error 15:11 Chasing the Seeing 16:08 MinMo Setting Too Low 17:07 Mount Setting Battling Guiding Software 18:28 Stiction #Astrophotography #GuidingGraphs #Troubleshooting #HiddenLightPhotography #Backlash #Stiction #GuidingSettings #Astronomy #SpacePhotography