Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!ames!eugene From: eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Newsgroups: net.astro,net.auto Subject: Re: Subaru stars Message-ID: <1077@ames.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 17:57:53 EDT Article-I.D.: ames.1077 Posted: Mon Aug 12 17:57:53 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 21:17:52 EDT References: <103@milford.UUCP> <48@escher.UUCP> Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 23 Xref: linus net.astro:812 net.auto:6587 > > Can any veteran star-gazers identify what the Subaru logo represents? > > Perhaps it is a Japanese constellation which the West divided into > > several -- 'Subaru, the sign of the four-wheel-drive-chariot'? > > In Japanese, "Subaru" means the Sisters of Industry, a good > name for a manufacturing conglomerate. The Sisters of > Industry are a star pattern that we call the Pliades (sp?). > That is a picture of the Pliades in chrome on the back of > your car. > > Doug Freyburger DOUG@JPL-VLSI, DOUG@JPL-ROBOTICS, This might not make it thru, news has had problems. Gee, everybody beat me to this answer. Let me add how I learned this. A friend, no longer working at JPL, purchased a SUBARU. He did this research, and now has the personalized plate of "PLIADES" (obviously misspelled). Yes, it is named for the same star formation. --eugene miya NASA Ames Research Center {hplabs,ihnp4,dual,hao,decwrl,allegra}!ames!aurora!eugene emiya@ames-vmsb