This is a video version of the talk given at NEAIC (part of NEAF) 2008 conference. The talk is entitled "Guiding on the Cheap" and covers:

• Why guide anyway? What does it do for us and how does it work?
• What do I need?
  • What makes a good guide scope?
  • What makes a good guide camera?
  • How do I talk to the mount to guide it?
  • Software choices?
• PHD Guiding walk-through
• Tips on getting round stars
  • Measuring and combating flex
  • Dealing with backlash

To view this and other video tutorials here, you will need to have QuickTime installed.

Having troubles with the stream? You can download the thing directly here as NEAIC Guiding_narr_web-desktop.m4v