Equinox (disambiguation)

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

Equinox may also refer to:

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).

Comics

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

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
* Equinox Systems Inc., manufacturer of Super Serial Tecnology (SST) multiport serial adapters, now Avocent.

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
* Equinox (Software Creations video game), a 1994 Software Creations video game for the SNES
* Equinox (Mikro-Gen Ltd video game), a 1986 8-bit video game developed by Mikro-Gen

Movies & television

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

Music

* "Equinox" (composition), jazz composition by John Coltrane on his 1964 album "Coltrane's Sound"
* "Equinox" (album), a 1975 album by Styx
* "Equinox", a 1967 album by Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
* "Equinoxe", a 1978 album by Jean Michel Jarre
* "The Equinox" (album), a 1997 studio album by Organized Konfusion

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

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

Places

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

Other

* Chevrolet Equinox, a General Motors SUV