* Astronomy

NARVAL -- The first observatory dedicated to stellar magnetism
NARVAL has just been installed on the 2m Télescope Bernard Lyot atop Pic du Midi. Like ESPaDOnS, its twin brother mounted on Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, it is a stellar spectropolarimeter, ie an astronomical facility constructed and optimised for studies of stellar magnetic fields and their effects on the life of stars and their surrounding planets. Thanks to NARVAL, the Télescope Bernard Lyot becomes the first observatory worldwide dedicated to these studies. And since the Sun sets in Hawaii when it rises on the Pyrenees, NARVAL and ESPaDOnS, when working together, can continuously stare at magnetic stars to discover the secrets of their lives!

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