A Spiral Galaxy (NGC 3370)Okay, I'm a sucker for Hubble Space Telescope images. Two images, in fact. Following up after my previous post of two stunning Hubble images, I've got to add a few more. The first is of NGC 3370, a spiral galaxy, and the second is of NGC 1300, a barred spiral galay, the same type of galaxy as our own Milky Way galaxy is (which was once thought to be a plain spiral, but is now believed to be a barred spiral).

Once again, many thanks to the excellent web site, hubblesite.org, for the source images..

A Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC 1300)Like the earlier images, the source images for these desktop backgrounds are in the public domain (see the hubblesite.org copyright page).

To view or download the full-sized widescreen 1920x1200 desktop wallpaper images, click or right-click on the following links:

• A Spiral Galaxy (1920x1200).jpg (NGC 3370)
  Courtesy NASA, The Hubble Heritage Team, and A. Riess (STScI)
  
• A Barred Spiral Galaxy (1920x1200).jpg (NGC 1300)
  Courtesy NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

While these two galaxy pictures are nice, they're not nearly as colorful as the earlier images, but they still appeal to me.