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Popular Manhattanhenge in New York Astronomy lovers risk life and limb as they stand in West 23rd street in Chelsea in New York to photograph the first night of the Manhattanhenge sunset on Monday, May 29, 2023. Twice a year, the sun lines up at sunset with the city s grid and setting in the middle of the roadways. The event, the name coined by Neil deGrasse Tyson of the Hayden Planetarium, takes place 22 days before and 21 days after the summer solstice because of the 30 degree angle of the city s grid, it is not exactly east-west-north-south. ( RichardxB.xLevine

Popular Manhattanhenge in New York Astronomy lovers risk life and limb as they stand in West 23rd street in Chelsea in New York to photograph the first night of the Manhattanhenge sunset on Monday, May 29, 2023. Twice a year, the sun lines up at sunset with the city s grid and setting in the middle of the roadways. The event, the name coined by Neil deGrasse Tyson of the Hayden Planetarium, takes place 22 days before and 21 days after the summer solstice because of the 30 degree angle of the city s grid, it is not exactly east-west-north-south. ( RichardxB.xLevine

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Popular Manhattanhenge in New York Astronomy lovers risk life and limb as they stand in West 23rd street in Chelsea in New York to photograph the first night of the Manhattanhenge sunset on Monday, May 29, 2023. Twice a year, the sun lines up at sunset with the city s grid and setting in the middle of the roadways. The event, the name coined by Neil deGrasse Tyson of the Hayden Planetarium, takes place 22 days before and 21 days after the summer solstice because of the 30 degree angle of the city s grid, it is not exactly east-west-north-south. ( RichardxB.xLevine

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