Where did the colour go

[Simon Dunsmore]

Hi Folks,

Quick question, still trying to get to grips with post editing the images I've stacked.

I recently purchased an zwo 533mc pro camera and on Friday managed to gather 90 minutes of data. (The Pliedies)

I stacked them in deep sky stacker and followed a you tube tutorial on Gimp. However , the image seems to only be in grey. I'm not sure if it's a dss issue or my incompetence with Gimp. 

 

Shouldn't there be some blue nebulosity in there?

 

Thanks for your help 

Simon

[Craig a]

Did you debayer correctly I’m dss? 

[Simon Dunsmore]

4 minutes ago, Craig a said:

Did you debayer correctly I’m dss? 

Sorry, total noob. I'm not sure what that means. I selected the image files and then stacked them before saving and then opening in gimp. Did I miss a step. Sorry for my ignorance.

[Craig a]

Yes you go into raw/fits digital development process settings, then in the fits tab check the little box at the top  then select generic rggb in the camera selection, that should sort it don’t worry about any colour cast when it’s done that is sorted out in post processing 

[Simon Dunsmore]

Brilliant thanks so much for your time. I'll try that. Hopefully that will do the trick 

[Craig a]

No problem let us know how it goes 

[Craney]

Me thinks Simon is going to get a "WOW"  moment when he stacks them now.

 

[Simon Dunsmore]

18 minutes ago, Craney said:

Me thinks Simon is going to get a "WOW"  moment when he stacks them now.

 

I really hope so.

[michael8554]

Hi Simon

There's a comprehensive User's Guide in DSS that you ought to read before any further stacking.

Michael

[Simon Dunsmore]

23 hours ago, Craig a said:

No problem let us know how it goes 

22 hours ago, Craney said:

Me thinks Simon is going to get a "WOW"  moment when he stacks them now.

 

Thanks for all your advice. So here is the edited version....with colour!

I appreciate that it's got a way to go, but at least it has colour. Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks for help 

[Craig a]

Glad you got it sorted, it’s a good start , you can always add more data to it as the autumn and winter draws on

[Simon Dunsmore]

Here's a version edited by someone who knows what they're doing