That really, really looks like walking noise, so it appears the direct guiding isn't working. I have used direct guiding in the past with my Astro-Physics mount and it worked fine–dithered the frames just like PHD2 would, only without the guiding along the way. So, your approach should work. I would recommend asking your same question on the NINA Discord channel to see if they can tell you why the PlaneWave mount isn't responding to your direct guiding signal. I would do this before you go out, since the problem doesn't appear to be something that would be any easier to resolve on-site.

- Jared
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