Spiral Galaxy NGC 2403 from Subaru

scottielvr · Post by **scottielvr** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:34 am

And so it begins: NASA, always short on funds, is finally selling sponsorships. Tomorrow's APOD will be "Great Hercules Globular Cluster from Wal-Mart."

(Okay, it's just the name of the frickin' telescope. But that was my first thought when I read the thread title. Sue me.)

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:59 am

scottielvr wrote:And so it begins: NASA, always short on funds, is finally selling sponsorships. Tomorrow's APOD will be "Great Hercules Globular Cluster from Wal-Mart."

(Okay, it's just the name of the frickin' telescope. But that was my first thought when I read the thread title. Sue me.)

My first thought was-- how the heck did someone get that time exposure pic through the sunroof of their Subaru?

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:25 am

brewerpaul wrote:
scottielvr wrote:And so it begins: NASA, always short on funds, is finally selling sponsorships. Tomorrow's APOD will be "Great Hercules Globular Cluster from Wal-Mart."

(Okay, it's just the name of the frickin' telescope. But that was my first thought when I read the thread title. Sue me.)
My first thought was-- how the heck did someone get that time exposure pic through the sunroof of their Subaru?

Hey, man, they're working miracles with that all-wheel drive nowadays!

bradhurley · Post by **bradhurley** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:26 am

"Subaru" means "The Pleiades" in Japanese (look at the Subaru logo and you'll see the star cluster, although I think they only have five stars in there).

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:30 am

bradhurley wrote:"Subaru" means "The Pleiades" in Japanese (look at the Subaru logo and you'll see the star cluster, although I think they only have five stars in there).

Oh,! I've always wondered about that logo, thanks!

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:31 am

bradhurley wrote:"Subaru" means "The Pleiades" in Japanese (look at the Subaru logo and you'll see the star cluster, although I think they only have five stars in there).

you wanna talk cars? batten down your hatches.

bradhurley · Post by **bradhurley** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:41 am

Well of course, a lot of people also say that "Subaru" is just a backwards spelling for "U R a Bus," which could certainly apply to that new SUV they trotted out (I have yet to see one on the road, so I imagine they're not selling very well).

Back to the stars, though...I see they have six, not five stars on their logo, which might mean the owners of Subaru didn't have good enough eyesight to see seven. Apparently some American Indian tribes used the Pleiades as an eyesight test; if you could see seven or more you had really good vision. I once counted up to 22 stars in that cluster, but that was after a few too many beers.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:10 am

scottielvr wrote:"Great Hercules Globular Cluster from Wal-Mart."

Tomorrow's APOD: Pepsi presents "open space"!

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:18 am

fearfaoin wrote:
scottielvr wrote:"Great Hercules Globular Cluster from Wal-Mart."
Tomorrow's APOD: Pepsi presents "open space"!

I thought that was Virgin Galactic's endorsement...

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:30 am

Tyler Morris wrote:I thought that was Virgin Galactic's endorsement

They may be galactic but .....

djm

Rod Sprague · Post by **Rod Sprague** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:46 pm

I've been to Subaru, odd little world, that,

Verp Tlethl

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:31 pm

"When deep space exploration ramps up, it'll be the corporations that name everything, the IBM Stellar Sphere, the Microsoft Galaxy, Planet Starbucks."

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:25 pm

So what happened to Deep Space Nine??

scottielvr · Post by **scottielvr** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:05 pm

fel bautista wrote:So what happened to Deep Space Nine??

It was deep-sixed by Halliburton.