I don't remember seeing it in any space photos, Hubble, Cassini. I don't even remember seeing it in any photos. Illusion then if not transient. It seemed very real the time I saw it. Jack 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 > > 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. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.