Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 11/03/84 (WLS Mods); site escher.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!escher!doug From: doug@escher.UUCP (Douglas J Freyburger) Newsgroups: net.astro,net.auto Subject: Re: Subaru stars Message-ID: <48@escher.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Aug-85 19:02:47 EDT Article-I.D.: escher.48 Posted: Sat Aug 10 19:02:47 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 07:50:26 EDT References: <103@milford.UUCP> Organization: NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA Lines: 11 Xref: linus net.astro:811 net.auto:6582 > 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,