M3 image detective job

[Laurieast]

Somehow after imaging the Moon with an Asi 224mc + IR 850 Pass filter, I decided to try and image M3, I am pretty sure I took the IR Pass filter off, and replaced it with the IR Cut. 
But how did I end up with 60 frames of 1 sec, with no colour at all?

[ZWO ASI224MC]
Auto Exp Max Exp = 30ms
Auto Exp Max Gain = 300
Auto Exp Target Brightness = 100
Bin = 1
Brightness = 1
Capture Area Size = 1304 * 976
Colour Format = RAW8
Debayer Preview = ON
Debayer Type = RGGB
Exposure = 1s
Flip = None
Gain = 480
Hardware Bin = OFF
High Speed Mode = OFF
Mono Bin = OFF
Raw Format = ON
StartX = 0
StartY = 0
Temperature = 18.3 C
Timestamp Frames = OFF
USB Limit = 100
USB Port = 3.0
White Balance (B) = 53
White Balance (R) = 52

Stacked false colour:

Thanks for any insight.

Edited June 26, 2022 by Laurieast

[wimvb]

Did you deBayer during stacking?

[Laurieast]

9 hours ago, wimvb said:

Did you deBayer during stacking?

All the subs are now 8 bit greyscale 🤔

[wimvb]

5 minutes ago, Laurieast said:

All the subs are now 8 bit greyscale 🤔

You set them as RAW8. That would explain things. deBayer after calibration but before star alignment. Whatever program you use for stacking, will have a setting for this.

Also, RAW16 for dso imaging will help during post processing

Edited June 27, 2022 by wimvb

[Laurieast]

12 minutes ago, wimvb said:

deBayer after calibration but before star alignment. Whatever program you use for stacking, will have a setting for this.

Thanks Wim,

I may have found the solution from what you have said, in Affinity there is the option RAW, as soon as I put it to RGGB colour appears! It was on Inferred. 
I will stack it again, and see what I can get out of it. 

 

[Laurieast]

@wimvb Success! This is great, thanks so much! 
Still a bit noisy, but I can work on it. Not bad for 1 second subs!

 

 

Edited June 27, 2022 by Laurieast

[wimvb]

8 hours ago, Laurieast said:

Still a bit noisy, but I can work on it. Not bad for 1 second subs!

 

 

At this stage in the process, I would apply green reduction, to make the colours pop. Scnr green in pixinsight or hastalavista green in ps.

[Laurieast]

 

59 minutes ago, wimvb said:

At this stage in the process, I would apply green reduction

With Affinity, but going in the right direction. Yes it was very green I see now. But considering I started out with greyscale, I think we did ok!

 

 

 

 

Edited June 27, 2022 by Laurieast

[Laurieast]

19 hours ago, wimvb said:

hastalavista green in ps.

Took your advice and got the HLVG plugin for PS 64bit, and it is much better than my attempt with Filter Background in Affinity. Really pleased with the result. Can also use the same plugin in Affinity.
Thanks!

 

Edited June 28, 2022 by Laurieast