GALLERY u RAISING THE BAR Dan Crowson NGC 1365 is a large, double-barred spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Fornax. Dark dust lanes accentuate the galaxy's central bar, while reddish star-forming regions line its spiral arms. DETAILS: AstroSysteme Austria AZ1000 RitcheyChrétien telescope and FLI PL16803 camera. Total exposure: 4.25 hours through LRGB filters. q A YEAR ABOVE TEHRAN Parisa Bajelan This composite of 51 photographs captured above the high-rise buildings in Tehran, Iran, reveals the Sun's year-long, figure-8 pattern. The photographer took each image roughly one week apart at 7:40 a.m. local time from March 2021 to March 2022. DETAILS: Canon 6D camera and Canon EF 16-to35-mm wide-angle lens. Composite image consisting of a single 1 /30 ground, while the solar images are each 1/400 at f/22 through a neutral-density filter. second exposure at f/4.5 for the foresecond 74 JULY 2023 * SKY & TELESCOPE