Find the Man in the Moon

Have you seen the man in the moon? The question is related to the ability of humans to imagine icons that aren't actually present. The textured surface of Earth's full Moon is home to many identifications of icons in both modern and world folklore. The Woman in the Moon and the Rabbit in the Moon are examples. The Man in the Moon begins by imagining the two dark circular areas just above the Moon's center as the eyes. A close look at the Moon image will show a man silhouetted against the Moon. The image was taken in Madrid in 2016 Do you like seeing objects in the moon?

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Explanation: The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy. At only 30 million light years distant and fully 60 thousand light years across, M51, also known as NGC 5194, is one of the brightest and most picturesque galaxies on the sky. The featured image is a digital combination of images taken in different colors by the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, highlighting many sharp features. Anyone with a good pair of binoculars, however, can see this Whirlpool toward the constellation of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici). M51 is a spiral galaxy of type Sc and is the dominant member of a whole group of galaxies. Astronomers speculate that M51's spiral structure is primarily due to its gravitational interaction with the smaller galaxy on the image left.