This one i think most commanders know all too well, i was getting to know my way around the galaxy and got excited to blaze my way to the Sol system, after finally getting the permit, i landed on galileo station, by the moon, and was thrilled for being home for the first time!
Getting some missions and mining in the Saturn rings i found a neat mission stack with data and some commodities all destined to alpha centauri: hutton orbital. By then, there was no sco frame shift drive and the missions were way worse money-wise, so that amount of money for almost no effort seemed pretty good to me!
So, i went on my merry way to hutton orbital just to find the station was 0,19 Ly from the main star of the system! Feeling bold i went for it, and it went on and on and on until i finally arrived, god that took ages, i do not remember how long it was, about 45 minutes or so, and that was it! My advice is this: always be sure to check if your mission on alpha centauri leads you to hutton orbital, if so, be prepared for the long trip, tune in some radio and relax 'cause it's gonna take a long time!