"First Light" for HB Astro Atlas

by Lance Boehm


My shiny new Herald-Bobroff Astro Atlas showed up in the mail yesterday :) (oh and BTW thanks to Richard for posting on TAC about it)

It will take a little getting used to...there are so many different symbols. James Turley was showing me his well used copy at MB this past Sat and he was saying the same thing.

I do like the way it's organized, and the laminated symbol page that's included inside is a really nice touch! Keeps you from having to flip to the front of the atlas to look up symbols.

I setup my 25x100 binos on the deck and decided to try it out. Targets included the Beehive, NEAT which was close by, M3, M81/82, and M57. It's pretty easy to read under dim red light, easier than SA2000 I think.

Highly recommended!


Posted on sf-bay-tac May 14, 2004 16:23:09 PT
Converted by report.pm 1.2 Jan 04, 2005 19:11:42 PT