The Tadpole Galaxy and a Backdrop of Distant Galaxies, from Hubble
The Tadpole Galaxy, UGC 10214, photographed in 2002 by Hubble's new ACS camera: a galaxy trailing a long tail, with thousands of distant galaxies scattered behind it. Nearly 70% pure black — made for OLED screens.
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About this wallpaper
One of the first ACS images released by ESA/Hubble in 2002 (heic0206a), cropped to 9:16 to include the tail. UGC 10214, in the direction of Draco, trails a long tail drawn out by an interaction with another galaxy, and countless distant galaxies appear as tiny points behind it. Most of the frame is black space, with nearly 70% of the pixels pure black. Licensed CC BY 4.0; credit NASA, Holland Ford (JHU), the ACS Science Team and ESA.
On the home screen
Almost the whole frame is black, so icon labels read anywhere; just keep the galaxy's band clear.
On the lock screen
The top is black space, so a white clock reads clearly.
Colors and mood
Black, with the blue-white of the galaxy and tiny orange and white points of distant galaxies.
Specs
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16
- Resolution
- 1440×2560
- Region
- Cyber Reef
- Coordinates
- 05·06
- Sector
- ISLAND III
- Lock-screen clock
- ◎ Clearly readable
- Home screen
- ◎ Icon labels stand out
- Pure black
- 72%
- Brightness
- 30 / 255 · dark
- Artist
- NASA / Holland Ford (JHU) / ACS Science Team / ESA · 2002
- 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, Holland Ford (JHU), the ACS Science Team and ESA”, link to the license and note that it has been modified (cropped). See the license
