The Great Rift of the Milky Way begins south of Deneb (Alpha Cygni) with a broad opening consisting of the dark areas, Barnard 346, 348, and 349. These form what some call the Northern Coalsack. It merits sweeping with binoculars.
The Cygnus Star Cloud is a portion of the Milky Way that stretches from Sadr (Gamma Cygni) to Albireo (Beta Cygni). The Milky Way divides south of Deneb (Alpha Cygni) and continues south to Ophiuchus. The Cygnus Star Cloud resides in the western portion of this division, very much worth sweeping at low power.
IC5146 (Caldwell 19) is also called the Cocoon Nebula. You find it in the far NE of Cygnus near Lacerta. Dreyer calls it faint (mag. 7), large (9'), and sort of round. A mag. 9.5 star sits in the center, and the whole area is shot through with light and dark areas. Some observers report an H-beta filter works well.
There is a nice star field in Cygnus showing 100 stars in a one degree area, somewhat separated from the surrounding stars. Located 1.25° SSW of Pi-1 Cygni. The above is based on Jeff Bondono's observations with an 8" Newtonian in moderate suburban light pollution.
M39 (NGC7092) is located 9.2° ENE of Deneb (Alpha Cygni). At mag. 4.6, this open cluster consists of a number of bright stars scattered over a 32' field. Like M29, the "field" is also the Milky Way. Dreyer adds that this is a poor cluster of mag. 7-10 stars. "Poor" means few stars for the area; it does not mean to avoid it.
A description of NGC7082 by Jere Kahanpää from observations through an 8" Newtonian: A clear but scattered cluster of stars in the western part of the field. The stars seem to be of two separate classes: there are about half a dozen bright stars (about mag.10) and a rich background of clearly fainter ones (mag. 12...) A nice effect. Dreyer calls it large (25'), quite rich, little condensed, with stars from mags. 10-13. You find it .7° NW of Rho Cygni.
NGC7031 is an open cluster located 7° NE of Deneb (Alpha Cygni). Dreyer says it is a cluster of triple stars with little condensation. Depending on whom you read, it is either a gorgeous jewel, or the most boring NGC cluster up there. What do you think? Catalogs give it as 50 stars in a 5' area. Most of the stars are around mag. 12, with the brightest at mag. 11.
NGC7027 (Best 47) is a mag. 10 planetary nebula 3° SSE of the North America Nebula. Described has having a stellar center estimated at mag. 8.5. Its size is 20". The central star appears bluish, or lime green.
NGC7000 (Best 46, Caldwell 20) is an extremely (Dreyer uses "extremely" twice) large (roughly 2°), faint (integrated magnitudes do not mean much at this size) nebula located 3.2° east of Deneb (alpha Cygni). Difficult in most scopes, it comes alive in an 11x80 finder with an OIII filter.
Dolidze 36 is an open cluster located 4.2° WNW of Sadr (Gamma Cygni). Frankly, it's not too exciting; it stands out poorly from a rich Milky Way. An interesting S shaped asterism of stars lies just north of the cluster. A line of six stars (PA105) runs through the cluster. The cluster itself contains about 30 mag. 12 stars.
NGCs 6992, 6995, and 6960 (Best 45 & 44, Caldwell 33 & 34) make up the eastern and western areas of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant in Cygnus. Traveling 3.3° south of epsilon Cygni, you come to 52 Cygni, which sits in the center of the western Veil. The Eastern Veil sits 2.5° WNW. Both areas have "extremely" applied to "faint," "large," and "elongated." An OIII filter at about 6 power per inch of aperture transforms the object. It looks great in a 15x80mm spotting scope; the entire nebula is visible. A 6" easily will bring out the filamentary structure. A 12" produces awe inspiring views.
Here are the observations of NGC6991 by Jere Kahanpää of Jyväskylä, Finland, made through an 8", f5 at 80x with no filter: The original descr. from W. Herschel: "A star 6 m ... not in the middle but following. Surrounded by many cst. forming a brilliant sc. Cl." The mag. 6 star W.H. mentions is near the NE edge of the field (and is the brightest star in the photograph).
The field includes at least 2 candidates:
A) A diam. 7' triangular cluster of about 20 stars mag. 11...13. This is a nice but unconcentrated group near the center of the field. The brightest one is on the SW edge. The NGC position is very near the brightest star of this group. Est. Tr-type III 2 p.
B) A bit brighter but not as well detached group of stars 10' NW of the first one. Includes 20 stars mag. 9...11. Tr-type IV 2 p. This group is visible in the drawing as a slight concentration of bright stars in the NW quarter. Position 20h 54.4m +47° 26.7'(2000)
M29 (NGC6913) is located 1.8° south of Sadr (Gamma Cygni). At mag. 6.6, this open cluster is consists of relatively few, bright stars scattered over a 7' field. Since the "field" happens to be the Milky Way, the effect is quite pretty.
NGC6910 is sometimes called the Y Cluster. You find it .6° ENE of Sadr (Gamma Cyg). Dreyer calls it fairly bright (7.4), fairly small (8'), poor, and fairly condensed. Later estimates raise the number of stars from 20 to 50 at mag. 9.6 and fainter. Faint nebulosity throughout a gorgeous field. A low power eyepiece can include Sadr with the cluster.
IC4996 is a pretty open cluster located 2.8° SSW of Sadr (Gamma Cygni). It contains 15 stars, several of contrasting colors, from mags. 8-13 over a 6' area, all embedded in a rich field. Sitting .7° south is Dolidze 3, a cluster of 40 stars in a 15 minute area, surrounded by an small empty area, and then embedded in the Cygnus Star Cloud.
NGC6888 (Caldwell 27) is sometimes called the Crescent Nebula. It is 2.7° SW of Gamma (Sadr). About 20' long, Dreyer calls it faint, very large (20'x10') and very elongated.
NGC6883 is an open cluster located 3.1° ENE of Eta Cygni. Dreyer describes this mag. 8 cluster as fairly rich (30 stars), with a double star involved. NGC6883 sits in a nice field that includes the fainter cluster Biurakan 2 (30' to the south-west). This mag. 6.4 cluster contains ten stars of mag. 7.9 and fainter. The field is better than the cluster.
NGC6871 is a mag. 5.2 open cluster described as having "large and small" stars (i.e. of varying brightness). The cluster contains 15 stars mag. 6.8 and fainter over a 20' field in a very rich section of Milky Way. A double star is involved. It is located 2.1° ENE of Eta Cygni. There is a fainter grouping of about 15 mag. 7 and fainter stars, about 23' east, called Biurakan 1.
NGC6826 (Best 43, Caldwell 15) is a planetary nebula called the Blinking Planetary. Located 1.3° ENE of theta Cygni, Dreyer describes it as bright (mag. 10), pretty large (2.3'), round, and with a mag. 11 central star. Stare at the central star directly, and it may "blink" out. The mag. 15.8 galaxy CGCG257-9 sits 18' north-west. The mag. 14.4 galaxy CGCG257-10 lies 11' to the west of NGC6826.
NGC6819 (Best 42) is a mag. 7.3 open cluster lying 7.8° west of Sadr (Gamma Cygni). Dreyer describes it as very large (5'), and very rich in stars. It packs in close to 100 stars of magnitude 11 to 15.