Spiral Galaxy Deep Field
Stable DiffusionSpiral Galaxy Deep Field is a tested Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 prompt for wallpaper work. It runs at Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 · Aspect ratio 16:9 · Steps 30 · CFG scale 6 · Sampler DPM++ 2M Karras, and ships below with the exact prompt text, usage notes, and 2 pasteable variations.
Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library.
Prompt
A luminous face-on spiral galaxy centered in frame, glowing gold-white core and sweeping blue star-forming arms threaded with dark dust lanes, set against the deep black of space scattered with thousands of faint distant galaxies and pinpoint stars, wisps of magenta and teal nebula gas drifting at the edges, ultra deep-field astrophotography, sharp focus, high dynamic range, cinematic
Negative prompt
text, watermark, logo, oversaturated, neon, cartoon, lowres, blurry, jpeg artifacts, lens flare, star spikes, duplicate galaxy
Settings
- Model
- Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Steps
- 30
- CFG scale
- 6
- Sampler
- DPM++ 2M Karras
How to use this prompt
'Face-on' is the load-bearing word: drop it and SDXL tilts the disc to an ambiguous smear or an edge-on streak. The dark dust lanes threading the arms are what separate a believable galaxy from a glowing pinwheel, so keep them even if you recolour the arms. Resist flooding the background with nebula — a deep field reads as mostly black space speckled with tiny distant galaxies, and gas everywhere kills that depth. Watch saturation: this scene tempts the model toward a neon-purple blob, so lean on the negative for 'oversaturated' and keep the core a warm gold-white rather than magenta.
Variations to try
- Edge-on version — a razor-thin galaxy disc seen from the side, bulging bright core split by a dark central dust lane
- Barred spiral — a straight bright bar across the core feeding two trailing arms, warmer amber-and-copper palette
What to do next
Adapt it →
Open this prompt in the Stable Diffusion builder, pre-filled, and change one layer at a time.
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Spiral Galaxy Deep Field",
"prompt": "A luminous face-on spiral galaxy centered in frame, glowing gold-white core and sweeping blue star-forming arms threaded with dark dust lanes, set against the deep black of space scattered with thousands of faint distant galaxies and pinpoint stars, wisps of magenta and teal nebula gas drifting at the edges, ultra deep-field astrophotography, sharp focus, high dynamic range, cinematic",
"negative_prompt": "text, watermark, logo, oversaturated, neon, cartoon, lowres, blurry, jpeg artifacts, lens flare, star spikes, duplicate galaxy",
"model": "Stable Diffusion",
"model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "16:9",
"steps": 30,
"cfg": 6,
"sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
},
"style_tags": [
"astrophotography",
"celestial"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"wallpaper",
"wall-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/galaxy-spiral-deep-field-art/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
