![]() ![]() ![]() This instrument will serve to detect habitable exoEarths around red dwarf stars, as well as to study the birth of stars and planets. ExoEarths and the birt of stars and planets SPIRou is an international project led by a team from the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP - Institute for research in astrophysics and planetology) in Toulouse, in which are participating many units of the Paris Observatory:the LESIA4, the IMCCE4, the LERMA4, and the LUTh4, with the support of the Île-de-France region. It will lead to the discovery of habitable exoEarths, and to study the birth of stars and planets. Construction will start in 2014 first light at the CFHT is foreseen for 2017. The CFHT has confirmed that it will contribute financially to the project,, which involves a large international consortium of universities and research laboratories. The Île-de-France Region has announced that it will provide financial support to the francilian teams which will participate in the SPIRou project (SpectroPolarimètre InfraRouge - infra-red polarimetric spectrometer). ![]()
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