Ken Corey
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Look Up: Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921): Measuring cosmic distances
Women have often been overlooked, unacknowledged, and underrepresented in Astronomy and other science disciplines. In this column, I will enlighten you with the groundbreaking contributions of a remarkable…
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Look Up: Peering clearly and deeply back in time with the James Webb Space Telescope
Astonishment and awe are two things I feel when viewing images released during the first three years since the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Even…
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Look Up: How is it we are here?
Joni Mitchell in the last verse of her song Woodstock writes: “We are stardust, billion-year-old carbon.” Our solar system along with distant stars brimming with exoplanets were formed…
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Look Up: A closer look at asteroid threats
The extra column this month was spurred by the global news of the probability of an impact by asteroid 2024 YR4 in 2032 rising to 3.1%. As of…
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Look Up: Star clusters, the Pleiades, and the Lunar Eclipse
Clusters of stars abound in the heavens. Born of the same parent cloud of dust and gas, star clusters can be small, loosely bound groupings of several stars…
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Look Up: Our place in the Milky Way
Where is our solar system in the vast assemblage of celestial objects in this island Universe we call the Milky Way? To answer that question, we can begin…
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Look Up: January’s a good time to learn about astronomical magnitude
The new year opens with a better than average meteor shower and a great display of planets, including a six-planet alignment. Venus, Jupiter and Mars shine brightly among…
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Ken Corey presents ‘A Panoply of Landscapes’ at Bixby
From pastels, paintings, and prints, much of his work was done en plein air. His work features limited palettes which capture the dreamy, airy quality of summer in…