Is there an overlay of the WC universe map on the real galaxy?

Interesting question. I found about 20 systems that I could identify as real stars. Gx,Gy and Gz are their galactic coordinates while x and y are their position on the wing commander map.


Here they are:

name,Gx,Gy,Gz,x,y
Capella,-40.2,12.3,3.77,120,1485
Castor,-47,-6.44,20.2,120,1591.667
Pollux,-16.74,4.305,-25.72,114,1455.667
Barnard's Star,4.936,3.001,1.388,138,1453.667
Procyon,-9.179,-6.22,2.674,120,1675
Alpha Centauri,3.165,-3.048,-0.0818,120,1920
Arcturus,12.98,3.517,34.16,144,2004
Proxima Centauri,3.165,-3.048,-0.0818,138,1980
Ross 248,-3.382,9.291,-3.008,120,1814.667
Sirius,-5.745,-6.275,-1.262,122,2080
Sol,0,0,0,127,1826.667
Proxima,3.165,-3.048,-0.0818,133,2456
Alcor,-14.5,35.7,71.4,136,3051
61 Cygni,1.438,11.27,-1.188,136,1303.333
Alpha Tauri,-61.3,-1.44,-21.9,134,1390
Polaris,-212,322,194,130,1684.667
Wolf 359,-1.896,-3.902,6.478,138,1544.333
Deneb,150,1592,52,74,2739.333
Antares,579,-78,151,94,2619
Tau Ceti,-3.49,0.373,-11.37,116,2746.333
Rigel,-580,-328,-306,117,2173
Altair,-28.85,-10.19,-2.345,94,1467

I plotted their positions in order to try to find some pattern. I suspect that the real positions of the systems were not considered when they decided to name the systems in the game. However, some patterns may still be found.

Edit: I removed the plot of the map data something was wrong with it.

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Messed up the spreadsheet. Here is the corrected data and the corrected plot. I'll look at it later to see if I can make sense of it or if the locations are random.
name,gx,gy,gz,x,y
Capella,-40.2,12.3,3.77,1485,839
Castor,-47,-6.44,20.2,1591.667,1143
Pollux,-16.74,4.305,-25.72,1455.667,1265
Bernard's Star/Barnard's Star,4.936,3.001,1.388,1453.667,2365
Procyon,-9.179,-6.22,2.674,1675,2191
Alpha Centauri,3.165,-3.048,-0.0818,1920,2295
Arcturus,12.98,3.517,34.16,2004,2103
Proxima Centauri,3.165,-3.048,-0.0818,1980,2255
Ross 248,-3.382,9.291,-3.008,1814.667,2107
Sirius,-5.745,-6.275,-1.262,2080,2340
Sol,0,0,0,1826.667,2341
Proxima,3.165,-3.048,-0.0818,2456,2375
Alcor,-14.5,35.7,71.4,3051,2307
61 Cygni,1.438,11.27,-1.188,1303.333,2968
Alpha Tauri,-61.3,-1.44,-21.9,1390,2668
Polaris,-212,322,194,1684.667,2509
Wolf 359,-1.896,-3.902,6.478,1544.333,2622
Deneb,150,1592,52,2739.333,3156
Antares,579,-78,151,2619,3894
Tau Ceti,-3.49,0.373,-11.37,2746.333,3705
Rigel,-580,-328,-306,2173,3737
Altair,-28.85,-10.19,-2.345,1467,2966
 

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This is a super cool idea and I'd love to see more! I know a number of the systems in Gemini are supposed to be based on particular familiar stars, I can dig up some notes about it later.

The familiar WCU map is said to be an "Akwende Projection" that shows jump lines rather than actual star positions, so seeing familiar stars presented this way is really neat.

Here's one of the sidebars from the WCP map that shows 'where' the inhabited WC universe is over the actual Milky Way: https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/full/a-h_reference2.jpg
 
All the stars that I can identify are in the Enigma, Epsilon, Gemini, Sol and Vega sectors in the wing commander universe. In our universe, these stars are all within 1000 to the sun (ignoring any distance perpendicular to the plane of the galaxy) . I plotted their position on the following graph, color coded by sector. The whole graph fits within the tiny yellow rectangle in the image of the milky way.
I suppose that it makes sense that any star that has a name are the brighter stars in the sky. These would be the stars close to us.
 

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A bit bigger, I think - Fleet Action describes the frontier between the Confederation and the Empire as being 1,500 light-years across.
 
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