Equinox (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Comics 3 Companies 4 Computer science 5 Movies & television 6 Music 6.1 Bands 7 Periodicals 8 Places 9 Other

An equinox in astronomy is the event when the Sun can be observed to be directly above the equator.

Equinox may also refer to:

[edit] Astronomy

• Equinox (celestial coordinates), a moment of time chosen for a moving celestial coordinate system such as Right Ascension/Declination, often confused with Epoch (astronomy).

[edit] Comics

• Equinox (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain first appearing in 1974
• Equinox, a DC comics character, son of Power Girl, first appearing in 1994

[edit] Companies

• Equinox Astrology, international astrological company, established in London in 1981
• Equinox (MLM), defunct multi-level marketing company, dissolved in 2001
• Equinox Fitness, chain of gyms based in New York with health clubs in U.S. cities

[edit] Computer science

• Equinox (Amiga demogroup), demogroup on the Amiga, active 1987-1996
• Equinox (Atari demogroup), demogroup on the Atari ST, active 1988-2007
• Equinox Desktop Environment, or EDE, a small desktop environment for the X Window System
• Equinox OSGi, an Eclipse project that aims to implement OSGi R4
• Equinox (3D), a freeware 3D program

[edit] Movies & television

• Equinox (film), a 1970 American horror film
• Equinox (television), a Channel 4 science documentary series, broadcast since 1988
• "Equinox" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1999 2-part cliffhanger episode, between Seasons 5 and 6

[edit] Music

• "Equinox" (composition), jazz composition by John Coltrane on his 1964 album Coltrane's Sound
• Equinox (album), a 1975 album by Styx
• Equinoxe, a 1978 album by Jean Michel Jarre
• The Equinox (album), a 1997 studio album by Organized Konfusion

[edit] Bands

• Equinox (thrash metal band), thrash metal band from Fredrikstad, Norway; started 1987
• Equinox (electro-industrial band), a 1998 side project of electro-industrial band Front Line Assembly

[edit] Periodicals

• The Equinox, a periodical on occultism by the mystical order of Aleister Crowley, since 1909
• Equinox (magazine), Canadian magazine in publication between 1982 and 2002, until it was purchased by Canadian Geographic
• The Equinox, student newspaper of Keene State College
• EQuinox, print magazine dedicated to the online game EverQuest II, since 2007

[edit] Places

• The Equinox Resort, Manchester (village), Vermont
• Equinox Mountain, Vermont, USA
• Equinox Complex, eateries located in the Swissôtel The Stamford, featuring the Equinox Restaurant

[edit] Other

• Chevrolet Equinox, a General Motors SUV
• Equinox (video game), a 1994 video game for the SNES