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Where is located the center of the Milky Way located? (XYZ parsecs from Sun)

I have downloaded a star database from this page (The HYG Database):
http://astronexus.com/node/34

And all the stars have (among other parameters) their XYZ coordinates in parsecs according to this definition:

X,Y,Z: The Cartesian coordinates of the star, in a system based on the equatorial coordinates as seen from Earth. +X is in the direction of the vernal equinox (at epoch 2000), +Z towards the north celestial pole, and +Y in the direction of R.A. 6 hours, declination 0 degrees

The problem is: I cannot figure out how to calculate the XYZ coordinates of the center of the galaxy (the Milky Way). So the question is: ¿WhatWhat are the coordinates of the Milky Way center? (orOr is it not possible to calculate it just with that information?). This is an example of the data:
enter image description here

Where is located the center of the Milky Way? (XYZ parsecs from Sun)

I have downloaded a star database from this page (The HYG Database):
http://astronexus.com/node/34

And all the stars have (among other parameters) their XYZ coordinates in parsecs according to this definition:

X,Y,Z: The Cartesian coordinates of the star, in a system based on the equatorial coordinates as seen from Earth. +X is in the direction of the vernal equinox (at epoch 2000), +Z towards the north celestial pole, and +Y in the direction of R.A. 6 hours, declination 0 degrees

The problem is: I cannot figure out how to calculate the XYZ coordinates of the center of the galaxy (the Milky Way). So the question is: ¿What are the coordinates of the Milky Way center? (or is it not possible to calculate it just with that information?). This is an example of the data:
enter image description here

Where is the center of the Milky Way located?

I have downloaded a star database from this page (The HYG Database):
http://astronexus.com/node/34

And all the stars have (among other parameters) their XYZ coordinates in parsecs according to this definition:

X,Y,Z: The Cartesian coordinates of the star, in a system based on the equatorial coordinates as seen from Earth. +X is in the direction of the vernal equinox (at epoch 2000), +Z towards the north celestial pole, and +Y in the direction of R.A. 6 hours, declination 0 degrees

The problem is: I cannot figure out how to calculate the XYZ coordinates of the center of the galaxy (the Milky Way). So the question is: What are the coordinates of the Milky Way center? (Or is it not possible to calculate it just with that information?). This is an example of the data:
enter image description here

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Where is located the center of the Milky Way? (XYZ parsecs from Sun)

I have downloaded a star database from this page (The HYG Database):
http://astronexus.com/node/34

And all the stars have (among other parameters) their XYZ coordinates in parsecs according to this definition:

X,Y,Z: The Cartesian coordinates of the star, in a system based on the equatorial coordinates as seen from Earth. +X is in the direction of the vernal equinox (at epoch 2000), +Z towards the north celestial pole, and +Y in the direction of R.A. 6 hours, declination 0 degrees

The problem is: I cannot figure out how to calculate the XYZ coordinates of the center of the galaxy (the Milky Way). So the question is: ¿What are the coordinates of the Milky Way center? (or is it not possible to calculate it just with that information?). This is an example of the data:
enter image description here