Wallpaper designs

With names ranging from "Eskimo," "Butterfly" and "Cat's Eye" to NGC 6822 and M20, these nebulae can be both diverse and beautiful.

Eskimo Nebula
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Hourglass Nebula
(800 x 600)

NGC 6822 0101
(808 x 606)

Cat's Eye Nebula
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Stingray Nebula
(1067 x 800)

Butterfly Nebula
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Ring Nebula
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Glowing Eye Nebula
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NGC 2240
(800 x 600)

Crab Nebula
(800 x 600)

Blue and white colored version of Crab Nebula
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Heart of the Crab Nebula
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Hubble view of
NGC 3603
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NGC 3603
(alternate view)
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M20
(1024 x 768)

NGC 2264-3
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Omega Nebula
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OPO 9545a
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OPO 9544a
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Close up of M16 pillars
(632 x 474)

Close up of Lagoon Nebula
(600 x 450)

Collage of Nebulae and other features
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To set image as wallpaper, click on thumbnail to bring up full size image in separate window, then right click on full size image to bring up a little menu, choose "Set as wallpaper..." from menu (in Internet Explorer). If you have a Windows 98 or later OS on your computer, you should be able to use the "stretch" option to compensate for the difference between your screen resolution size and the picture size, if one exists. Most pictures were kept at the largest reasonable resolution size to preserve the image quality.