AZGTI Guiding query

[Bobby1970]

Tried guiding again last night. After a few seconds the graph went crazy like +/- 16. 

I had removed the guidescope and camera. So I'm guessing this could be part of the issue??

Should I always leave the camera and guidescope attached, once calibration has been performed?

Also, if anyone is guiding with an AzGti, is it essential to enable the auxiliary encoder when setting it up prior to guiding it??

[steppenwolf]

8 minutes ago, Bobby1970 said:

I had removed the guidescope and camera. So I'm guessing this could be part of the issue??

Should I always leave the camera and guidescope attached, once calibration has been performed?

Yes, you should leave both is place and run the next stage which is autoguiding as the calibration does nothing to the mount, it simply calibrates the guide 'scope and guide camera in readiness for the rest of the imaging (and guiding) session.

[Bobby1970]

So, do I need to to the calibration every session? 

 

Or just if I removed the guidescope and camera?

[steppenwolf]

Unless you have an observatory that is permanently set up, you should recalibrate each session.

[Bobby1970]

56 minutes ago, steppenwolf said:

Unless you have an observatory that is permanently set up, you should recalibrate each session.

Awesome. Thanks for the help