Now have had several weeks of clear nights after a summer of mostly cloudy nights. My first attempt at the Lion Nebula. I processed the stars separately using a technique from "The Astro Imaging Channel" (TAIC) developed by Tim Hutchinson to convert narrowband data to RGB using Pixel Math.
Also, after my initial attempts to use the Ioptron Iguider did not produce acceptable guiding, I had switched to my Astromania 50 mm guide scope and ASI120 mm mini. After doing some research, I adjusted my PHD2 settings and started getting really good guiding with the Astromania setup. I then switched back to the Ioptron Iguider and applied the new settings, (i.e. changing the RA and Dec algorithms), and am now getting great results with the little Iguider, sometimes as low as .4 arcsec RMS. This allowed me to remove my Astromania 50mm guide scope from the top of my Stellarvue refractor and mount my Lunt HA solar scope on top of the Stellarvue instead. This was one of my original reasons for replacing my CEM25p with the beefier GEM45. It just took me a few months to figure out all the bugs!
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