Is it feasible to send deep space probes to such planet? Let's say the probe is accelerated to high sub light speeds with ion thrusters. Can it reach it in some sensible time then?
Also mentioned in [1] is that if Voyager 1 was headed for Alpha Centauri it would take 70,000 years.
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/science/alpha-centauri-bre...