Deriving the azimuthally averaged radial surface brightness profile of a galaxy is a schematic way of presenting the light and then the mass structure of disc galaxies. In this overview we will dwell on the outer discs, as it has become possible, with modern data to explore the light profile out to ever increasing galactocentric radii. We find that

We have investigated the physics of flares in M-dwarfs by means of optical/X-ray observations and modeling. The great efficiency of current optical spectrographs and detectors has allowed us to detect and analyze a great number of non white-light flares with intermediate spectral resolution and high temporal resolution. Although this kind of flares

High resolution solar images in the near UV have been obtained with the Solar UV Filtergraph (SUFI) onboard the Sunrise balloon borne observatory, amongst others in wavelength regions not accessible from the ground. We present intensity distributions of the quiet Sun at different heliocentric angles, from disk center to the solar limb. These

The excitation and temporal evolution of fast and Alfvén magnetohydrodynamic oscillations in a two-dimensional coronal arcade are investigated. The approach is to consider an equilibrium magnetic and plasma structure and then to introduce a perturbation trying to mimic a nearby disturbance, such as a flare or filament eruption. By numerically

High-resolution observations provide evidence of the existence of small-amplitude transverse oscillations in solar filament fine structures. These oscillations are believed to represent fast magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves and the disturbances are seen to be damped in short timescales of the order of 1-4 periods. We propose that, due to the highly

In this proceeding we look at the relationship between the photometric nuclear properties of early-type galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope imaging and their overall kinematics as observed with the SAURON integral-field spectrograph. We compare the inner slope of their photometric profiles and the Slow/Fast rotator classes, defined by the