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Lee Shaw

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Sep 14, 1998, 7:00:00 AM9/14/98
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There are only six (6) stars in the Subaru emblem. Originally there were
seven stars visable in the "Seven Sisters" but since it was named, one of
the blue white giant variables has faded from visability with the naked eye,
but they kept the name. Subaru has only six stars in their emblem to
reflect the fact that only 6 are presently visable with the naked eye.

Chris

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Sep 19, 1998, 7:00:00 AM9/19/98
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Actually, the emblem represents a make up of several subsideraries that
originate under the BIG star of Fugi, the parent owner of Subaru.

Steven Breen

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Sep 19, 1998, 7:00:00 AM9/19/98
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Oh dear an astronomy lesson..... ;-)

Fuji Heavy Industries which is made up of six separate companies, one
of which is Subaru. The badge represents an open star cluster in the
constellation of Taurus called the Pleiades (M45), the Japanese
translation for which is Subaru. The Pleiades is sometimes known as
the Seven Sisters due to the number of stars which can on average be
seen by the unaided naked eye, but it is actually made up of many
hundreds of stars. Amongst astronomers it is used as a measure of
seeing conditions and a test of eyesight on how many stars in the
cluster can actually be seen unaided, and 11 is near the upper limit
(although the record is 19) and many more can be seen with binoculars.
The brightest star in the cluster is Eta-Tauri, also known as Alcyone.


Why the Seven Sisters is represented by six stars on the Subaru emblem
is unknown. Perhaps it is generally smoggy in Japan?

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Stephen Cadwell

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Sep 22, 1998, 7:00:00 AM9/22/98
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Proctor & Gamble used to have a quaint 19th-century logo featuring the
moon and thirteen stars, but they were forced to retire it because a
group of religious nuts interpreted it as satanic. Has the Subaru logo
thus far escaped their notice, or are Subarus just insufficiently evil?

--==TaterHead==--

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Oct 24, 1998, 7:00:00 AM10/24/98
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"As quoted from Subaru's Corporate Website....."


"SUBARU" is a Japanese word meaning "unite."
It is also a term identifying the Pleiades star
cluster in the constellation Taurus that includes six
stars visible to the average eye. According to
Greek mythology, Atlas' daughters turned into this
group of stars.

In 1953, five Japanese companies merged to form Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.
The new corporation adopted the "Subaru" cluster of stars as its official logo
for
its line of automobiles. Today, Fuji Heavy Industries is a global transportation

conglomerate.


John Wainwright
ASE Master Tech
Tater's Subaru XT6 Wonderland... http://members.xoom.com/taterhead/


Wayne

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Oct 26, 1998, 8:00:00 AM10/26/98
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The Pleiades (Subaru) are in a prime viewing location this time
of year. They rise in the north east just after 6:00 PM EST and
will be 30 degrees above the horizon by 9:00 PM. Viewed with a
pair of binoculars they are one of the loveliest objects in the
sky.

If you go out at night and look almost due east around 9:00 PM
about 30 degrees above the horizon. You will see a patch of stars
covering an area almost 4 times that of the full moon. When
viewed with binoculars or a small telescope the blue white color,
of the stars, should become quite evident (about 200 in all).
With a larger telescope the stars will seem to be shrouded in a
blue fog. This is the left over nebulosity of star formation as
the Pleiades are some of the youngest stars that we can see with
the unaided eye.

For information and pictures please go here:
http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m045.html

dvbo...@gmail.com

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Jul 19, 2015, 2:27:55 PM7/19/15
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That's pretty ridiculous since the 7th star is actually THERE. Just because it can't be seen with the naked eye is not reason to exclude it from their emblem. Ridic. Just sayinnnn

John Varela

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Jul 19, 2015, 11:40:09 PM7/19/15
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:27:53 UTC, dvbo...@gmail.com wrote:

> That's pretty ridiculous since the 7th star is actually THERE. Just because it can't be seen with the naked eye is not reason to exclude it from their emblem. Ridic. Just sayinnnn


Get a bigger telescope and you'll see hundreds more stars and a few
galaxies. Why not include them while you're at it?

--
John Varela

Patty Winter

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Jul 20, 2015, 5:20:03 AM7/20/15
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In article <fc2b5c29-fddb-4ce2...@googlegroups.com>,
I get that people who use Google Groups can see postings that have
expired off of most news servers, but how did you come upon a posting
that was nearly 17 years old? You would have had to scroll back through
hundreds of pages of more recent postings in the group. Or did you search
for "Pleiades" and come across this thread?


Davoud

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Jul 21, 2015, 11:20:54 PM7/21/15
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Count 'em for yourself. Photo be me in my zerbat'ry.
<http://www.primordial-light.com/deepsky1.html#m45>

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Patty Winter

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Jul 22, 2015, 4:35:02 PM7/22/15
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In article <210720151920526836%st...@sky.net>, Davoud <a...@bbb.ccc> wrote:
> <dvbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That's pretty ridiculous since the 7th star is actually THERE. Just because
>> it can't be seen with the naked eye is not reason to exclude it from their
>> emblem. Ridic. Just sayinnnn
>
>Count 'em for yourself. Photo be me in my zerbat'ry.
><http://www.primordial-light.com/deepsky1.html#m45>

Huh, so one of the brighest stars in the cluster is actually Dad, not
one of the daughters. :-)


Patty

Davoud

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Jul 22, 2015, 6:59:53 PM7/22/15
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Davoud:
> >Count 'em for yourself. Photo be me in my zerbat'ry.
> ><http://www.primordial-light.com/deepsky1.html#m45>

Patty Winter:
> Huh, so one of the brighest stars in the cluster is actually Dad, not
> one of the daughters. :-)

Also Pleione, mother of the Pleiades, and possibly of the Hyades; i.e.,
the Pleiades and the Hyades are either sisters or half-sisters.

pact...@yahoo.com

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Jan 16, 2016, 3:12:58 PM1/16/16
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I stumbled on to this and thought I'd share: Pleiades definition from dictionary.com: Classical Mythology. seven daughters of Atlas and half sisters of the Hyades, placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion. One of them (the Lost Pleiad,) hides, either from grief or shame.

Davoud

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Jan 16, 2016, 6:45:06 PM1/16/16
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pact...@yahoo.com:
Astronomers usuall refer to the Pleiades star cluster by its number in
the Messier catalogue, "M45." This is reflected in the vanity plate on
my Forester <https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/8727965716>. Note
that the logo is a stylized representation, not a literal one. Also see
my astro photo of M45 at
<http://www.primordial-light.com/deepsky1.html#m45>.

"Subaru" also means "unity." It is my understanding that the Subaru
logo also represents the various companies that comprise Fuji Heavy
Industries.

Howard Lester

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Jan 17, 2016, 1:27:10 AM1/17/16
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"Davoud" wrote

> Astronomers usuall refer to the Pleiades star cluster by its number in
> the Messier catalogue, "M45." This is reflected in the vanity plate on
> my Forester <https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/8727965716>. Note
> that the logo is a stylized representation, not a literal one. Also see
> my astro photo of M45 at
> <http://www.primordial-light.com/deepsky1.html#m45>.

I was looking for the "Like" button here, but couldn't find one. ;-) I'm
glad you answered as you did. My new Legacy is named after the brightest of
the Pleiads.

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