Jon, it appears you are out of focus. Not sure if the 60d you have has live view but what you have in that image is exactly what I get when I have not reached focus.
The blue would be from the filter I would try it with no extra's to start with as once you have used AutoStakkert to stack the image you can put it into registax to do some colour trimming and wavelet adjustments.
You just need to get that focus closer and you will have no issues, AutoStakkert does not require stars it is designed for planetarty and is what you need (its free). DSS is for deep space not planetary so it wont work, I have not used Maxim DL so can give no advice. Hope this helps somewhat and keep up the good work you will get there.
Carl