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I use the framing assistant in N.I.N.A (software similar to APT). If you enable the rotator in the equipment tab and just set it as 'manual' it will slew, solve the image then tell you which way to rotate the camera manually. Then it repeats that process until your target is framed. It's quite accurate and the built in skyatlas is ok (not as good as a standalone program like stellarium).
I also try to use a bright star as close as possible to the target for focusing, I've found focus shifts a little if you slew too far from where you focused, but that could just be my setup.
NINA is pretty new, and takes a bit of getting used to. I lost a few clear nights when i first started using it due to various misunderstandings on my part. There are probably other options out there that can help with framing.
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