Near space maps [slightly OT]

Oh, an amusing note...

I've been looking at the star maps on Winchell (Nyrath) Chung's webpage again
recently and realized something funny about Star Trek's general lack of a
clue.

In Star Trek: TNG the Federation tries to intercept a Borg cube "headed
straight for Earth" at Wolf 359, resulting the worst massacre in the history
of Starfleet.

The problem is, Wolf 359 is quite a bit off from the least-time course
between Earth and anywhere in general direction of the Delta quadrant. The
Borg cube would have had to make about a "3-point turn" upon arriving at
Wolf 359 to reach Earth.

As a matter of fact, Alpha Centauri would have been a much better choice on
the part of the scriptwriters, since it IS in an almost direct line between
Earth and the Delta Quadrant.

Oh, well...par for the course...