‘You don’t see it every day’: Crowds gather at Morehead Planetarium to watch eclipse in Chapel Hill

Posted Apr 15, 2024
Crowds of people spent the day at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center in Chapel Hill to take in the solar eclipse. By midafternoon, the moon started to pass in front of the sun, fascinating the crowd gathered in front of the planetarium. “This is the place to be for astronomy in the Triangle,” said Nick Eakes, an astronomy educator with the planetarium. (WNCN)

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