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I read this in wiki and it makes no sense:

"Voyager 1 is not heading towards any particular star, but in about 40,000 years it will be within 1.6 light years of the star AC+79 3888 in the Ophiuchus constellation."

I marked AC+79 3888 in Celestia and turned on Voyager 1's route. Voyager 1 is not heading at all towards that star!!! Voyager 1 is on a hyperbolic trajectory but that is an insane angle! Can anyone explain to me what is going on?

The stars are not fixed in place. In particular AC+79 3888 is noted in SIMBAD as a high proper motion star, which means its movement relative to our Sun is quite rapid.

Thanks a lot ajtribick!