Our Place in Space
Season 6 Episode 2 | 25m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn why the people of NC are now among the most "astronomically intelligent" nationwide.
Over 60 years ago, a Harvard professor was quoted as saying that North Carolinians were among the most "astronomically ignorant" people in the America. To prove him wrong, John Motley Morehead built his famous planetarium in Chapel Hill. Learn why the people of North Carolina are now among the most "astronomically intelligent" in the nation.
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Exploring North Carolina is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
UNC-TV, Natural World Productions, LLC, WRAL-TV and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Our Place in Space
Season 6 Episode 2 | 25m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Over 60 years ago, a Harvard professor was quoted as saying that North Carolinians were among the most "astronomically ignorant" people in the America. To prove him wrong, John Motley Morehead built his famous planetarium in Chapel Hill. Learn why the people of North Carolina are now among the most "astronomically intelligent" in the nation.
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