care3

thought id find out what 'subaru' meant
"Subaru" is a Japanese name of the Pleiades.
whats that?
a star cluster and looks like this


[Edited by care3 - 4/10/2002 4:58:40 PM]

Andy Porter

To much time Andy....
Andyp

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

SCOTTSCOOBY

kool good bit of info?

manny

Subaru is also the name of the national astronomical observatory of Japan (got the sticker from the said place on my monitor...v sad)

BOB.T

that explians the emblem aswell then eh?



Bob

Brake Neck

Tryt going to Subaru Japan

http://www.subaru-global.com/about/origin/index.html

Taken from their site (I am sure they wont mind)....

Subaru is the name of a star cluster in the Taurus constellation. Six of its stars are visible to the naked eye, but about 250 bluish stars can be seen if one uses a telescope.

In the West the cluster is called Pleiades, in China, Mao, and in Japan, Subaru ("to govern" or gather together"). In Japan, it also goes by the name Mutsuraboshi ("Six Stars"), under which title it appears frequently in very old Japanese documents such as Kojiki and Manyosyu and literature such as Makura-no-soshi. Clearly, this is one of the clusters much loved by the Japanese from ancient times. Interestingly enough, FHI was created by the merger of six companies, so you can see what a truly evocative name Subaru is.

For the telescope http://www.naoj.org/

Dave

yoza

SUBARU,cars for stars thatll do

EBR

Damn I was always led to believe Subaru stood for

Speeding, U B*stards Are Really Untouchable

<<<<<<<<<<<<&l t; getting coat and going back 2 muppets


Edited as tiredness obviously crept in while typing

[Edited by EBR - 4/13/2002 1:43:18 AM]

Katana

Um, so why does my badge looks like an I?

chrisp

"I" for Impreza

yoza

i for ISUZU(MAY BE SPELT WRONG BUT THE i IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE)

scoobyboy

there is a story about the stars and seven sisters with 1 sister having something happen to her thus leaving 6 stars and 6 sisters but can't remember the full story

care3

cheers andy nice seeing you and ya bro on sunday did you see the pic in members
http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...threadid=85663

[Edited by care3 - 4/10/2002 5:07:46 PM]

care3

tis true manny. Why is the Subaru Telescope called Subaru ?
During the planning phase of the new National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) telescope, it was known as the Japan National Large Telescope, or "JNLT." When construction of the telescope began in 1991, the NAOJ advertised for a more interesting name for the telescope in Japan. The name chosen from about 3,500 applications was "Subaru." "Subaru" means a Japanese name of the Pleiades.

your rite i do have to much time

[Edited by care3 - 4/10/2002 5:18:22 PM]

MarkCSC

I think the telescope was built by Mitsubishi so you have a Mitsubishi Subaru

[Edited by Mark Champion - 4/10/2002 5:24:54 PM]