bill@milford.UUCP (bill) (08/08/85)
What could possibly be posted both to astro and auto?
I've become curious about the logo for the Subaru line
of automobiles, they have six stars in an oval:
O
0 O
O O
O
(The star marked '0' is slightly larger (brighter?) than the others.)
I first guessed it represented a subset of the stars of Sagitarius,
but the bow doesn't look right and the brighter star would be out
of place. Next guess was Lyra but the rhomboid of the right most
four stars would be twisted out of shape, besides the '0' star is not
_that_ much larger than the others.
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'?freeman@spar.UUCP (Jay Freeman) (08/09/85)
[] In article <103@milford.UUCP> bill@milford.UUCP (bill) writes: >I've become curious about the logo for the Subaru line >of automobiles, they have six stars in an oval: >Can any veteran star-gazers identify what the Subaru logo represents? The Pleiades, albeit a bit stylized. -- Jay Reynolds Freeman (Schlumberger Palo Alto Research)(canonical disclaimer)
markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Mark Biggar) (08/10/85)
Subaru is the japanese name for the Pleiades. Note that only the six
visible stars are used.
Mark Biggar
{allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,akgua,sdcsvax}!sdcrdcf!markbdoug@escher.UUCP (Douglas J Freyburger) (08/11/85)
> 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,
eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (08/13/85)
> > 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
ayers@convexs.UUCP (08/15/85)
/* Written 6:02 pm Aug 10, 1985 by doug@escher.UUCP in convexs:net.astro */ 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?). /* End of text from convexs:net.astro */ How remarkable -- because we also call the Pliades "the seven sisters"... blues, II world's leading exopsychologist (If Carl can do it, I can do it)