Instrumentation

HiCIBaS, a stratospheric balloon borne telescope project for the direct imaging of exoplanets
15 August 2018

HiCIBaS, a stratospheric balloon borne telescope project for the direct imaging of exoplanets

HiCIBaS, a stratospheric balloon borne telescope project from Université Laval led by Prof. Simon Thibault,…

SPIRou’s First Light!
24 May 2018

SPIRou’s First Light!

After four months of hard work by engineers and scientists from France, Canada, Switzerland and…

A New Planet Searcher for ESO
1 September 2017

A New Planet Searcher for ESO

A new high-performance instrument called NIRPS (Near Infra Red Planet Searcher) will be installed on…

The Delivery of SPIRou’s IR Detector
24 March 2017

The Delivery of SPIRou’s IR Detector

The OMM has just delivered the H2RG test detector for the SPIRou instrument currently being…

OMM in the Works to Deliver an IR Camera for SPIRou
15 March 2017

OMM in the Works to Deliver an IR Camera for SPIRou

On February 28, the OMM delivered the infrared camera for the SPIRou spectropolarimeter. SPIRou is…

JWST’s Primary Mirror Alignment Completed
15 November 2016

JWST’s Primary Mirror Alignment Completed

Thousands of people, over more than two decades, have contributed to the construction of the…

Astronomers from all four corners of the globe meet in Montréal for a JWST conference
4 November 2016

Astronomers from all four corners of the globe meet in Montréal for a JWST conference

The second edition of the “Exploring the Universe with JWST” conference took place the week…

SPIRou camera built and tested at UdeM and Université Laval
1 November 2016

SPIRou camera built and tested at UdeM and Université Laval

Our two astrophysics laboratories at Université de Montréal and Université Laval are currently working together…

Testing underway in Toulouse for SPIRou’s cryostat
15 October 2016

Testing underway in Toulouse for SPIRou’s cryostat

The second phase of cryo-mechanical integration of the SPIRou spectrograph is underway at IRAP/OMP (Toulouse,…

SITELLE at CFHT
28 May 2016

SITELLE at CFHT

SITELLE was at the CFHT telescope for engineering tests on a full moon night last…