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This striking field is located about one degree west and slightly north of the star Sadr, the middle star in the cross of Cygnus. In the upper left is bright nebula LBN 240 (= LBN 241) and at the lower right is LBN 223 with dark nebula B343 (= LDN 877) above it. The inky squiggle in the lower left is dark nebula B334 (= LDN 881). This is a narrowband image with 3:2:2 hours of H:O:S exposure.