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12147
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Visited by more than 725,000 North Carolinians, the Morehead Planetarium at UNC Chapel Hill is the sixth installation of its type in the Western Hemisphere. \r\n
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 24 Issue 14, Dec 1956, p10-11, 35-36, il
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36968
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Profile was that year’s solar eclipse, a total solar eclipse in history touted as viewable in towns such as Franklin, Sylva, and Highlands. Included in the profile were other contributions that western North Carolina has made to the field of astronomy. In the early 1960s, NASA established a satellite tracking station in Transylvania County, now called the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute. That institute became a site of research for this eclipse.
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33671
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While at a meeting between the governors of North and South Carolina, when the drinks of the two were not refilled fast enough, Governor Dudley was reported saying “it is a long time between drinks”. Later Governor Morehead used this line as a callback when negotiating an extradition with Governor Hammond of SC.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 6 Issue 36, Feb 1939, p12, il
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18480
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Until 1975, every American astronaut, including Alan Shepard, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and John Glenn, received training at the Morehead Planetarium on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There they learned celestial navigation, which was essential should their onboard navigation system fail. Anthony Jenzano, the planetarium's director, was their instructor.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 8, Jan 2013, p39-40, 42-43, il, por Periodical Website
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