My Heart and Soul Mosaic Story 2002 to Present (John Noble)

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My Heart and Soul Mosaic Story 2002 to Present

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Here is a story a true story with a happy ending!

In 2002 my youngest child was born and we discovered they had a very serious heart condition with very little chance of a positive outcome. It was a very stressful time as you can imagine and one of the things that kept me sane was chasing clear nights in oh so cloudy Ireland with my now positively clock work astrophotography set up. Despite the challenges we began to prevail and with the wonders of modern medicine we were starting to get on track. I had an idea I would take a wide field picture of the Heart region and give it to the cardiology team at Crumlin Hospital as a unique gift of thanks. Looking back on it it wasn't a very good picture but it delighted the recipients. As the years passed we move to the US (in search of even more specialist care, and astro gear) and at all the major milestones I'd give the team my latest image of the area. The original frame posted here (Tak Epsilon E160 and STL 11000) is the last remember taking in that sequence and I gave it to the team at Cincinnati Children's in 2007, a copy has also been on our living room wall for the last 14 years. Anyway the years have passed and the child in question is thriving and after a ten year hiatus I'm back in the hobby so I thought I'd have another go at this wonderful, and memory filled, region so the second image is my latest attempt: ASI 2600 MM Pro, William Optics Z61RGB shot from the dark skies of Frisco North Carolina, said offspring helped me process it over the Thanksgiving holiday!

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Title: Heart and Soul Mosaic 2021

Description: Taken from a dark sky location in Frisco North Carolina. William Optics Z61, ASI 2600 MM Pro: Two frame mosaic 4 by 600 s exposures in LRGB plus 9 by 600 s exposures in Ha.

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RA (center)	02h43m34s.60
RA (top/left)	03h03m26s.64
RA (top/right)	02h24m33s.72
RA (bottom/right)	02h24m01s.52
RA (bottom/left)	03h00m20s.40

Dec (center)	+61°06′31″.2
Dec (top/left)	+61°52′24″.6
Dec (top/right)	+62°22′16″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	+60°09′07″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	+59°43′40″.1

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