About this wallpaper
A detailed Hubble view of the Crab Nebula with vivid filaments and deep-space color.
Best use cases
- Profile or tile artwork, and displays close to a 1:1 or 5:4 shape.
- Desktops where you are happy to crop a little from the top and bottom.
- 4K monitors and TVs at native resolution; it also scales down cleanly to QHD and Full HD.
- Any other screen size: the Crop & Scale tool on this page exports the image at a custom resolution.
Resolution and display compatibility
This image is 3864 × 3864 pixels (1:1). The table shows what happens when it is scaled to fill common screens, calculated from those dimensions.
| Display | Resolution | Sharpness | Framing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full HD (1080p) | 1920 × 1080 | Sharp: scaled down to 50% of the original | Crops about 44% from the top and bottom |
| QHD (1440p) | 2560 × 1440 | Sharp: scaled down to 66% of the original | Crops about 44% from the top and bottom |
| 4K UHD | 3840 × 2160 | Sharp: scaled down to 99% of the original | Crops about 44% from the top and bottom |
| 16:10 laptop (WUXGA) | 1920 × 1200 | Sharp: scaled down to 50% of the original | Crops about 38% from the top and bottom |
| 16:10 QHD+ | 2560 × 1600 | Sharp: scaled down to 66% of the original | Crops about 38% from the top and bottom |
| Ultrawide QHD (21:9) | 3440 × 1440 | Sharp: scaled down to 89% of the original | Crops about 58% from the top and bottom |
Need a different shape? Use Crop & Scale to choose the framing yourself. See how aspect ratio affects wallpapers for more.
Download information
- The download is the original JPEG file, 3864 × 3864 pixels, 14 MB, with no recompression.
- The file is saved as
crab-nebula-4k-space-wallpaper-3864x3864.jpg. - No account is needed to download.
Source and license
- Author: NASA / ESA / STScI.
- Source: commons.wikimedia.org ↗
- License: Public Domain ↗
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