Part II
  Tuesday 14 July
  15:25-15:40 	
  
  SPIRou: SpectroPolarimétre InfraRouge (CFHT) 	
  
  Isabelle Boisse
  (LAM/Pythéas/AMU, France) 
  
  SPIRou is a near-IR echelle spectropolarimeter and high-precision velocimeter
  under construction as a next-generation instrument for the Canada-France-
  Hawaii Telescope. It is designed to cover a very wide simultaneous near-IR
  spectral range (0.98-2.35 mum) at a resolving power of 73,500, providing
  unpolarized and polarized spectra of low-mass stars at a radial velocity
  precision of 1 m/s. The main science goals of SPIRou are the detection of
  habitable super-Earths around low-mass stars and the study of stellar
  magnetism of star at the early stages of their formation. Following a
  successful final design review in Spring 2014, SPIRou is now under
  construction and is scheduled to see first light in late 2017. We present an 
  overview of key aspects of SPIRou's optical and mechanical design.