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From: doug@escher.UUCP (Douglas J Freyburger)
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Subject: Re: Subaru stars
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> 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,