New atronomical tartan

[parpin]

Hi all kilted community,

As an amateur astronomer I'm proud to announce that the Scottish Registry of Tartan has accepted my application.
The newest tartan honnours the famous Orion Nebula visible in winter northern hemisphere.
Here is the rookie

[tulloch]

That is really attractive and a brilliant idea. Good for you!

[dea3369]

FRAK! Another kilt I just gotta have. You must let me know if any of the mills start weaving this.

[O'Searcaigh]

Beautiful tartan. Congratulations!!!

[T-Bone]

Very nice design. I would have a hard time finding a belt worthy enough to wear with it.

[Off kilt-er dude]

Good looking tartan. Your post title is missing an s in astronomical though.... and I wouldn't know which line to pleat to... The stars maybe! Lol

[Mark Stephenson]

Congratulations! What a beautiful tartan. Seems to me I recall you having posted an explanation for the colors you chose when you first designed the tartan. If my memory is correct, would you mind posting the explanation again?

[parpin]

Purple (Red wine for me) : General color of the nebula
Red : Color emited by hydrogen atoms when excited by background radiation
Blue : M43 associated nebula
Green : Color emited by minor components when excited by background radiation
Yellow : Stars forming the trapezium located in the nebula core.

Colors may vary depending of your computer monitor.

There's no restrictions to who can wear the tartan. I know that Scottweb may weave the tartan ($$$).

[Mark Stephenson]

Thanks for the info on the colors.
I have a 16" reflector, and under dark skies, I can see some of the purple/red in the nebula. M42 is the most spectacular deep sky object in the Northern skies, and your tartan does it justice!

[Spartan Tartan]

Very nice design. I would have a hard time finding a belt worthy enough to wear with it.

What about Orion's Belt. ;-)