I normally get PHD do calibration in 14-15 steps in each direction.
This means that if i am calibrating near the pole i just set the calibration steps longer (eg 1700ms instead of 750ms).
You dont want PHD to go for 35 steps because i found out that it will not guide better or worse than with say 15 steps.
The way to make the guiding better is to set the sliders on the RA/DEC so the graph line doesnt oscillate up and down.
This is all with a DSI pro on a 600mm f/l guide scope.
So it all depends on f/l and guide camera and position in the sky.
As soon as you have to use more than 2 seconds there must be something wrong.
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