Kevin R. Covey

I am a professor in the Physics & Astronomy Dept. at Western Washington University. I teach astronomy and physics classes, and work with collaborators to understand how the Milky Way's stars and clusters form and evolve.

Our research is primarily driven by data from large astrophysical surveys (e.g., the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, and soon, the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time. I also use ground- and space-based observatories to collect data (typically optical and near-infrared spectra) for targeted investigations.

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Identifying Extra-tidal Stars in the center of the Milky Way

Stellar Rotation & Magnetic Activity

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Star Formation & Accretion

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Stellar Binaries

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Stellar Interiors & Compositions

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Large Surveys

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Tribal Lands Acknowledgement

I would like to acknowledge that we live and work on the ancestral homelands of the Coast Salish Peoples, who have lived in the Salish Sea basin, all throughout the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades watershed from time immemorial. I express my deepest respect and gratitude to our Indigenous neighbors, the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe, for their enduring care and protection of these lands and waterways.