The Sombrero Galaxy (M104), from Hubble
The Sombrero Galaxy, M104, imaged by Hubble: a dark lane of dust, like a hat's brim, circling the rim of a glowing white galaxy. Pure black above and below — it works on both the lock and home screens.
Free · 1080×1920 px. Tap and hold the opened image (right-click on a computer) to save it.
About this wallpaper
The Sombrero Galaxy mosaic released by ESA/Hubble (opo0328a, observed in 2003), cropped to 9:16 around the galaxy. The disc galaxy, seen edge-on, glows white in the center of the frame with a dark dust lane around its rim; above and below is black space with sparse stars, and about a tenth of the pixels are pure black. Licensed CC BY 4.0; credit NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).
On the home screen
The galaxy occupies only the central band; above and below is black. Icon labels read anywhere, and leaving the center clear keeps the galaxy visible.
On the lock screen
The top is black space, so a white clock reads clearly.
Colors and mood
Black, with the white and gray of the galaxy and the brown of the dust lane.
Specs
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16
- Resolution
- 1080×1920
- Region
- Cyber Reef
- Coordinates
- 05·04
- Sector
- ISLAND III
- Lock-screen clock
- ◎ Clearly readable
- Home screen
- ◎ Icon labels stand out
- Pure black
- 8%
- Brightness
- 99 / 255 · medium
- Artist
- NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team · 2003
- License
- CC BY 4.0
This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. You are free to use it as a wallpaper. If you share or redistribute it elsewhere, credit “NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)”, link to the license and note that it has been modified (cropped). See the license
