# Would astronomy pictures be tacky for a bedroom? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974 "2009-04-04T15:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/21 "2009-04-06T00:54:35Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > [The Rasterbator](http://www.arje.net/rasterbator). Woot, that is it =) Now to go pick an image to rasterbate=) ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/22 "2009-04-06T05:07:35Z")
Go for it. I find most astronomy pics to be restful or relaxing. Mind you, they wouldn’t be as appropriate for your BDSM dungeon. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/23 "2009-04-06T05:27:36Z")
> [@](#): > > **Would astronomy pictures be tacky for a bedroom?** They would if you put them up with tacks. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/24 "2009-04-06T12:49:42Z")
Who doesn’t want heavenly bodies in their bedroom? I also agree that it’s your room, decorate it to please yourself. Just don’t put up an pictures of Uranus. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/25 "2009-04-06T13:16:31Z")
And the [Keyhole Nebula](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Keyhole_Nebula_-_Hubble_1999.jpg)’s out, too. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/26 "2009-04-06T14:09:55Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > And the [Keyhole Nebula](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Keyhole_Nebula_-_Hubble_1999.jpg)’s out, too. Is that one gas cloud in the upper left hand corner giving me the finger? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/27 "2009-04-06T14:16:38Z")
I’ve been wanting to order some of [these prints](http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=19362&s=1¬word=&f=13&sScope=Name&sLabel=Trouvelot%2C%20E%2E%20L%2E%20&cols=4) by [E.L. Trouvelot.](http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/trouvelot/trouvelot.html) He was a French astronomer in the mid to late 1800s. His illustrations incorporated chromolithography, and they all have a very romanticized, artistic and stylized feel to them (and sometimes creepy — look at his drawings of the moon surface and sunspots in particular). I think something like these might look better on your walls than explicit photography (IMHO of course 😉 ) I’ve been meaning to order a couple for myself. He has some very interesting and beautiful works. ---
**Author:** ![vertizontal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ad7895/32.png) [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/28 "2009-04-06T14:19:05Z")
My downstairs bathroom (the one that company sees) is decorated in an aviation/aeronautical theme. I’ve got autographed photos of astronauts, aviation signs, a large print of an old biplane, airplane wallpaper border, a photo of earth from outer space, a couple of Cessna signs, a clock that looks like an altimeter, a thermometer that looks like a vertical speed indicator, numerous other knick-knacks, and next I’m going to put up a framed collage of 5 images of the Shuttle being launched, which I took a few years ago. So of course I say, “go for it”. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/29 "2009-04-06T14:23:07Z")
It’s really cool. I had some up in my bedroom before I moved. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/30 "2009-04-06T14:24:11Z")
p.s. – If you could get a really big one that took up an entire wall, that would be REALLY cool. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/31 "2009-04-06T15:47:09Z")
I say go for it. I’m thinking about a picture of a gas giant for my bathroom; then nobody can say they weren’t fairly warned. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/32 "2009-04-06T15:52:55Z")
It depends…will “Fly Me to the Moon” be playing on your stereo? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/33 "2009-05-11T16:47:05Z")
Sure. But if you do, this MUST be one of them: [![](https://haibunjopre.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/nasa-apollo8-dec24-earthrise.jpg) ](https://haibunjopre.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/nasa-apollo8-dec24-earthrise.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/34 "2009-05-11T17:08:15Z")
I lived in a house that had the Earthrise mural on a bedroom wall. It was really a kid’s room, but with my love of Astronomy, I decided to live in that room while I was there. I loved it! [http://www.muralsuperstore.com/catalog/earthrise\_4252619.htm](http://www.muralsuperstore.com/catalog/earthrise_4252619.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/35 "2009-05-11T17:18:57Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > I say go for it. I’m thinking about a picture of a gas giant for my bathroom; then nobody can say they weren’t fairly warned. Now I want one of those. _snickerrr…_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/36 "2009-05-11T17:24:05Z")
Heh. One of my then-very young sons asked me once what a star was. I said, “Well, it’s a giant flaming ball of gas that’s very far away.” He thought for a moment and said, “Gas? You mean like a fart?” ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974/37 "2009-05-11T19:19:19Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > I say go for it. I’m thinking about a picture of a gas giant for my bathroom; then nobody can say they weren’t fairly warned. > [@not\_alice](#): > > [http://www.skyimagelab.com/](http://www.skyimagelab.com/) - the owner is a colleague of mine from a previous career arc for both of us - that he got involved in this is coincidental in the extreme, but there ya go! I just bought the picture of Uranus from there nicely matted. I’m going to put it in my guest bathroom. I might have to buy a gas giant picture later and pretend there is a space theme in there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-astronomy-pictures-be-tacky-for-a-bedroom/491974.md?page=1)