[AZ-Observing] Saturn's Equatorial Band

After reading Alan MacRobert's article on 'Dynamic Jupiter' in the May
Sky&Tel, I reflected on a statement he made, that "the thin gray Equatorial
Band is only occaisionally present". This reminded me of a query made by Tom
Polakis (couldn't find it in the archives) on whether anyone could confirm a
razor-thin equatorial band he had "thought he had seen" bisecting the planet
Saturn. I have also seen this hemisphere-splitting super-thin band on Saturn,
but only once, with best optics/seeing. Perhaps the same is true here, and
Saturn's eq. band is also "only occaisionally present", and we're not both as
stark raving crazy as most people think.

Jack Jones
Public Events Coordinator
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix AZ
Telescoper@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org

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