Orion Nebula tartan now a reality

**parpin** · 8th February 14, 04:48 PM

In order to complete the registration with the Scottish Tartan Autority I contacted a local weaver to make me a piece of cloth.
I'm pretty proud how bright the colors appear and match the original object we can observe in winter sky.

Enjoy !!!

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**ASinclair** · 8th February 14, 04:59 PM

Very nice, Pierre!

**kiltedrennie** · 8th February 14, 05:57 PM

I like it! It really does capture the image.

**Creag** · 8th February 14, 09:17 PM

Nice, Pierre. Are you an amateur astronomer, as am I? I'd love to hear the story behind this tartan.

**Highlander31** · 8th February 14, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by Creag

Nice, Pierre. Are you an amateur astronomer, as am I? I'd love to hear the story behind this tartan.

Nice looking tartan.
I'd be interested in hearing the story behind it, as well.

**parpin** · 9th February 14, 01:32 PM

Yes I am an amateur astronomer. I like to chase total solar eclipses kilted of course !!!

The colors reflect the ones we observe on M42.

Scarlet : Hydrogen H-alpha line
Yellow : Stars composing the Trapezium
Blue : M43 observed next to M42
Green : Secondary colors observed in the nebula
Magenta : General color of the nebula

**Creag** · 9th February 14, 04:23 PM

That's awesome, Pierre. I like to chase down deep sky objects by star hopping - no electronics involved. I doubt I'll wear my kilt for observing because when it's not too cold, there are too many insects. But I do plan to wear it for outreach events, demos, and such. You've inspired me. Gonna do some research into tartan design and I might just come up with Pleiades tartan.