Japanese find farthest galaxy with a Subaru

[Taro Toporific]

Subaru, one of the world's biggest telescopes.
Japanese astronomers find farthest galaxy[url]www.chinaview.cn 2003-11-04 15:05:00[/url]
TOKYO, Nov. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Japanese astronomers have found via a large telescope the farthest galaxy at a distance of 12.9 billion light years from the Earth.
The research team, which groups specialists from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and Tohoku University, has discovered seven distant galaxies in its latest effort....
The farther a galaxy is from the Earth, the closer it is to thestate of the original universe. With the new finding, scientists hope to learn more about what the early universe looks like. The optical-infrared telescope, known as Subaru, is equipped with an 8.2-meter mirror and is one of the world's largest....

[yellowlightman]

In the US the Subaru logo has something like seven stars on it, which related to some galaxy or Japanese folk story or something, but I'm totally blanking on the specifics.

[Taro Toporific]

In the US the Subaru logo has something like seven stars on it, which related to some galaxy or Japanese folk story or something, but I'm totally blanking on the specifics.

Yep, right on YellowRightman.

Subaru is the name of a star cluster in the Taurus constellation, known as the Pleiades in the West. The six or seven bright stars in the cluster have long been loved by people looking at the night sky. They are even mentioned in The Pillow Book, a famous essay collection from the Heian Period (794-1192).