Astrophotography filter recommendation

[Tnarius]

I've been back into the hobby for nearly a year now focussing on astrophotography with a C8 and a OSC camera focussing mainly on galaxies for now and like many people I am shooting from town and getting frustrated by light pollution challenges (mainly LED here). I'm wondering whether to get a broadband filter like an IDAS D2 and leave in to generally improve everything or whether to get a narrow band filter like a Optolong L-eXtreme and capture extra subs to draw out the detail. I would very much like to hear your thoughts and experiences when comparing these options.

[Dinglem]

Hi @Tnarius I'm no expert but if galaxies are your main target you will need a more broadband filter like the Idas, as the L-Extreme is designed to capture fairly narrow bands of light in the Ha and O3, more useful on nebulas.