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SUNWHEEL GATHERINGS & DIRECTIONS

Sunwheel in Winter

PUBLIC EVENTS FOR 2009 --
THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY:

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  • Vernal Equinox -- March 20 & 21, 2009
    Sunrise @ 6:45 a.m. & Sunset @ 6:00 p.m. (EDT)

  • Summer Solstice -- June 21 & 22, 2009
    Sunrise @ 5:00 a.m. & Sunset @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT)

  • Autumnal Equinox -- Sept. 22 & 23, 2009
    Sunrise @ 6:45 a.m. & Sunset @ 6:00 p.m. (EDT)

  • Winter Solstice -- Dec. 21 & 22, 2009
    Sunrise @ 7:00 a.m. & Sunset @ 3:30 p.m. (EST)

    SUNWHEEL GATHERING INFORMATION:

    Click below for information on scheduled events:

    DIRECTIONS TO THE SUNWHEEL:

    For directions from out of town, click here.

    For a map showing the Sunwheel on the UMass Amherst campus, click here.


    • A project conceived by Dr. Judith S. Young
    Professor of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    e-mail: Judith Young at young@astro.umass.edu

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