This is a star field in the Milky Way within the constellation Cygnus. The otherwise numerous Milky Way stars are obscured by dark nebulae, specifically Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 984 t bottom left of the image, LDN 988 at upper left, and the branching and forking LDN 981 to the right. At the tip of LDN 981 is the variable star V1331VYG. This is a young (<10 million years) low mass variable star of the T Tauri class. This star has bipolar outflows, one of which happens to be pointed at us. This outflow has cleared out the surrounding dust of the LDN 881, allowing us to see the environment surrounding a newborn star. It contains a circular reflection nebula. The blue reflection nebula Lynds Bright Nebula 409, can be seen shining between LDN 984 and 988. These objects lie about 1,800 light-years from Earth.

Exposures: L::R:G:B = 215:110:110:110 minutes = 9 hours, 5 minutes total exposure, completely unguided.