Aligning two layers using manually selected reference points

I am trying to align two images that have the same pattern of thousands of dots, but the two images are not properly aligned or scaled but do have the same aspect ratio. I have tried manually aligning the two images resulting in no forward progress and much frustration. Is there a way to use a series of points selected manually as reference points to then align two overlapping images?
Thanks in advance for the help.

Try turning on rulers (View > Rulers). Then drag out guides from the rulers to help with alignment.

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// ======================================================= */
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