It's tricky to say how far away the constellation Cygnus is from Earth because it's a constellation, not a single object.

Constellations are simply groups of stars that appear close together in the sky from our perspective on Earth. The stars that make up Cygnus are all at vastly different distances from us.

Here's what we can say:

* The closest star in Cygnus: The closest star to us in the constellation Cygnus is 61 Cygni, which is about 11.4 light-years away.

* The farthest stars in Cygnus: Some stars in Cygnus are hundreds, even thousands, of light-years away. For example, Deneb (the brightest star in Cygnus) is about 2,600 light-years distant.

So, there is no single distance for the constellation Cygnus. It's a vast collection of stars at various distances from us.