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Embodiments of the present disclosure include user-directed automated telescope alignment systems and methods. In various embodiments, the automated alignment procedure provides for user-direction in selecting astronomical alignment objects. For example, in an embodiment, after the telescope is aligned according to a first approximation alignment, the user may direct the field of view of the telescope system to a viewable, sufficiently bright astronomical object. Upon bringing the object into the field of view, the alignment procedure advantageously identifies the likely astronomical object based on the first approximation alignment. The procedure also updates the first approximation alignment based on known information about the identified object. The process of user-direction to additional viewable bright astronomical objects provides for more precise and accurate mappings of telescope movements to celestial field of view.

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