Centreing without platesolve on object

Hi, Does anyone have a good process for centreing on an object without platesolving the frame which contains the object?
The reason I need this is that my FOV is small at 0.2 degrees, and an object like M3 fills the frame so platesolving is difficult, as might be expected.

I could slew to M3, use the hand control to move away a few degrees, platesolve and use the SGP target option to slew to target. Perhaps that’s it? Can it be automated?

thanks for thoughts,
Paul