vdB 4 and ngc225 - nebulosity and Open Cluster in Cassiopeia - L+HaRGB

The above image is L+RGB done in Photoshop

ngc 225: From Wikipedia: "NGC 225 is an open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is located roughly 2,200 light-years from Earth. It is about 100 to 150 million years old."
vdB 4 aka Vandenberg 4, from Irida-Observatory.Org :"VdB 4 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is associated with the very young open star cluster NGC 225. The cluster was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783. VdB 4 is centered on the variable star V594 Cas. There is some confusion about the bright nebula LBN 604. Most probably LDN 604 refers to the brightest part of VdB 4. 

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Not a lot of info on this one. Part of Lynd's Bright Nebulae catalog.
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Camera: Moravian G4 w Astrodon Gen II LRGB filters
Scope: Astro-Physics AP155EDF w 4" FF
Mount: SB Paramount MX
Guiding: SBIG ST402ME on Borg 60 guidescope
10/10/12 x 10min each for RGB; 28 x 10min Luminance, 18 x 20min H-Alpha
Lucknow, Ontario, Canada
Sept 2024
Images captured with TheSkyX
Session orchestrated by CCD-Commander
Calibration and processing of the RGB and Luminance in PixInsight as follows:
RGB: SPCC, BlurX, NoiseX, Gradient, Curves, HistogramTransform
Luminance: BlurX, NoiseX, StarX, Curves and HT and LHE
H-Alpha: BlurX, NoiseX, StarX, Curves and HT, HDRMMT and LHE

Photoshop processing:
RGB split into channels and the H-Alpha added to the Red and Blue using Lighten mode at 100% and 15% respectively
Starless Luminance layered onto the RGB using Screen blend mode.
Tweaks and small noise reduction then Save-for-Web

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