How far away from our galaxy (the milky way) is the Cygnus constallation?

Question: How far away from our galaxy (the milky way) is the Cygnus constallation?
- Keywords:
  constellation,
  cygnus,
  space
Asked by kaboomi to Daren on 27 Jun 2014.
- Daren Fearon answered on 27 Jun 2014:
  
  Apparently it is 730 million light years away, so pretty far!
- anon answered on 27 Jun 2014:
  
  I’d have had to google that one too!

Question: How far away from our galaxy (the milky way) is the Cygnus constallation?