[AZ-Observing] Re: Saturn's Equatorial Band

I thought this faint band commonly occurred on Saturn.  I recall noting it
many times, but never paid much attention if it was transient.  Most of the
time, I would assume seeing plays a big factor on this feature's appearance.

-FRANK


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> 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.
>
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