Hi Mike,
yes i use APT. With platesolving. But since those 2 galaxies with Ha filter were faint i needed a test shot on iso 3200 with at least 30 sec to see something. Then i could see them and adjust the framing. APT has a nice feature to center on a mouse click. I know NINA has more possibilities.
No NINA for me. Works too slow on my old computers. APT works fast and never got me into trouble
For more then 6 months now or even longer i platesolve, really a big plus never fails. but i have to do blind solving via ASPS, ASTAP does not work and that is because APT sends over a jpg to solve. ASTAP is not too happy with that.But evenso , blind platesolving never takes more then 40 sec.