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René Doyon Awarded the Urgel Archambault Prize for 2017
René Doyon is the recipient of the 2017 Urgel Archambault Award from the Association francophone pour…
A New Planet Searcher for ESO
A new high-performance instrument called NIRPS (Near Infra Red Planet Searcher) will be installed on…
A Failed Star Found Orbiting a Dead Star Every 71 Minutes
An international team of astronomers using data from the second phase of operation of the…
A Mysterious Star
Researchers link an enigmatic star that suddenly appeared in the 17th century to the thermonuclear…
The Delivery of SPIRou’s IR Detector
The OMM has just delivered the H2RG test detector for the SPIRou instrument currently being…
Government of Canada Grants Financial Assistance to UdeM in Support of the OMM
The Mont-Mégantic Observatory will be able to carry out new technological and scientific development projects…
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…
City of Montreal reduces the increase in light pollution
The Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic (OMM) and the Centre for Research of Astrophysics in Québec (CRAQ)…
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
The second edition of the “Exploring the Universe with JWST” conference took place the week…