The Subaru telescope?
Is it only used to observe the Pleiades?
More importantly, is it powered by a boxer engine?
Nice connection, not many folks know that.
Good catch…
(Not to be confused with a mobile, car-mounted telescope ;)
The Japanese word Subaru means “six” or refers to the Pleiades. (The number of naked eye stars in the the Pleiades varies between cultures.) The car company got its name, because it was the result of the amalgamation of six separate car companies.
The car company subsidizes the telescope, and as you probably know, the logo of the car company is a representation of the asterism. BTW, Mitsubishi means “three diamonds”, which explains their logo.