TRACE HERE STAR GAZERS.

WE’RE COMING UP# ON OUR FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY.

WE’VE SEEN FORTY-NINE AUTUMNAL EQUINOXES.

LUCKILY, FORMER# HOSTS DEAN AND JAMES KNEW ALL ABOUT THEM.

BUT WHAT DOES HAPPEN DURING THE EQUINOX IS TRULY# AMAZING.

THE SUN RISES DUE EAST AND SETS DUE WEST.

AND THERE ARE 12 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT AND 12# HOURS OF DARKNESS OVER THE ENTIRE WORLD.

THE WORD EQUINOX COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD EQUI# WHICH MEANS EQUAL AND NOX WHICH MEANS NIGHT.

EVERYWHERE ON OUR PLANET RECEIVES 12# HOURS OF DAYLIGHT AND 12 HORS IF DARKNESS.

AND DRIVING CAN BE TREACHEROUS SO GET OUT# YOUR SUNGLASSES AND PUT THOSE SUN VISORS DOWN.

ONCE YOU GET HOME, YOU CAN SPOT SATURN,# THE GREAT SQUARE OF PEGASUS ABOVE IT, AND THIS STAR HERE - ALPHARATZ - WHICH ALSO MARKS THE TOP OF ANDROMEDA’S HEAD!

ONE OF THE# FEW STARS SHARED BETWEEN CONSTELLATIONS, JUST LIKE I SHARED THIS EPISODE WITH# FORMER STAR GAZER’S HOSTS DEAN AND JAMES.

KEEP LOOKIN’ UP!