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Looking Skyward: All about the autumnal equinox

CAI | By John Basile
Published September 21, 2023 at 3:10 PM EDT
An illustration of the spring and autumn equinoxes. During the equinoxes, both hemispheres receive nearly equal amounts of daylight. (Image not to scale)
NASA/GSFC/Genna Duberstein
An illustration of the spring and autumn equinoxes. During the equinoxes, both hemispheres receive nearly equal amounts of daylight. (Image not to scale)

This time on Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about the autumnal equinox coming on Saturday, September 23.

Learn more about the Maria Mitchell Association:
https://www.mariamitchell.org/
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John Basile
John Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.
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