A lot of people will use dual narrowband filters (passing just Hydrogen alpha and Oxygen III) in light polluted cities to get a decent image. Or if you are imaging with a monochrome camera then filters are essential so you can build a colour image at the end.

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& very very true…

I had trouble capturing the Northern Lights on my own, so this is all foreign to me.

I run data sets on massive telescopes & overall estimate where exactly my superiors & their monster telescopes should point to/focus on 😂 but I’m more of a conceptual Rocket Scientist - so this is all a learning lesson for me. Lol.

Meaning, from my abstract mind,

Filters are so important! Lol

Until infrared…IMO 😂