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1830
Joseph Caldwell, the University’s first president, constructs an observatory in the backyard of his house
1875
Laboratory work in physics is officially offered at UNC-Chapel Hill
1949
Morehead Planetarium, the first planetarium in the South, opens to share science knowledge with North Carolinians
1959
Astronauts begin training in celestial navigation at Morehead Planetarium
1970
Morris Davis becomes Carolina’s first official astronomer
1973
The Morehead Observatory is built, making it the first astronomical observatory on a college campus
1986
In partnership with Carolina, the SOAR telescope is built, which now sits atop the Cerro Pachon mountain in Chile, 8,775 feet above sea level

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