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astro-ph.IM2026

Testing of machine learning wavefront sensing algorithms on the Tiny Observatory for Telescope Optimization (TOTO) testbed

Sanchit Sabhlok, Solvay A. Blomquist, Maggie Y +16

The paper evaluates a machine‑learning based wavefront sensing algorithm on the Tiny Observatory for Telescope Optimization (TOTO) testbed, comparing its low‑order Zernike coeffici…

astro-ph.IM2026

Tiny Observatory for Telescope Optimization (TOTO): testing algorithms for autonomous on-orbit alignment for space-based telescope systems

Solvay A. Blomquist, Sanchit Sabhlok, Hyukmo Kang +11

The paper describes the Tiny Observatory for Telescope Optimization (TOTO), an optical testbed used to evaluate autonomous alignment algorithms—Stochastic Parallel Gradient Descent…

astro-ph.IM2026

The Lazuli Space Observatory: Architecture & Capabilities

Arpita Roy, Stuart Feldman, Pete Klupar +51

The Lazuli Space Observatory is a 3-meter aperture astronomical facility designed for rapid-response observations and precision astrophysics across visible to near-infrared wavelen…

astro-ph.IM2025

Optical design and polarimetric performance of a SmallSat UV polarimeter to study interstellar dust: PUFFINS

Ramya M Anche, Hyukmo Kang, Kyle Van Gorkom +19

The Polarimetry in the Ultraviolet to Find Features in INterStellar dust (PUFFINS) is a SmallSat mission concept designed to obtain ultraviolet (UV) spectropolarimetric observation…

astro-ph.IM2025

Stages of commissioning alignment for three-mirror anastigmat (TMA) telescopes

Solvay Blomquist, Heejoo Choi, Hyukmo Kang +7

Reliable, autonomously, deployment of telescopes enables a wide range of possible science cases. In this paper, we present a method for multi-stage telescope alignment with a simpl…