Location: Observatorio de Aras de los Olmos. Camera: FLI Microline ML16200 16-megapixel CCD. Telescope: Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens. Filters: LRGB, 5 nm H-alpha. Exposure time: 4 days. Entirely processed in PixInsight. High resolution image (JPEG 4500×3600 pixels, 12.9 MB) ©2022 Vicent Peris (OAUV), Alicia Lozano, OAUV, OAO.

NGC 281 is a bright emission nebula associated with open cluster IC 1590. These objects are located 9,600 light-years away from Earth inside the spiral arms of our Galaxy. They are a group of new-born stars having an age of only 3,5 million years.

The bright star ar right is Schedar (Alpha Cassiopeiae), a red giant star with an intrinsic luminosity 800 times greater than that of the Sun.

Links to related material:

The image on Astrobin
The image on OAUV website (in Spanish).
NGC 281 on Wikipedia.
IC 1590 on Wikipedia.
Schedar on Wikipedia.