Context: In general, studies focused on the Milky Way's structure show a range of values when deriving different Galactic parameters, such as radial scalelengths, vertical scaleheights, or local space densities. Those values are also dependent on the Galactic coordinates under consideration for the corresponding analysis, as a direct consequence of

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Division II of the IAU provides a forum for astronomers studying a wide range of phenomena related to the structure, radiation and activity of the Sun, and its interaction with the Earth and the rest of the solar system. Division II encompasses three Commissions, 10, 12 and 49, and four working groups. During the last triennia the activities of the

We present radio observations of eight ultracool dwarfs with a narrow spectral type range (M8-M9.5) using the Very Large Array at 8.5 GHz. Only the tight M8 binary LP 349-25 was detected. LP 349-25 is the tenth ultracool dwarf system detected in radio wavelengths and its trigonometric parallax π=67.6 mas, recently measured by Gatewood and coworkers

The magnetism in the quiet regions of the solar photosphere carries information on the dynamo processes and its interaction with the convection of the outer layers of the sun. Unfortunately, the scales of the magnetic structures on these regions are mostly unresolved. It is therefore instrumental to tell apart the intrinsic field strengths in those

Makrofol detectors are commonly used for long-term radon (Rn-222) measurements in houses, schools and workplaces. The use of this type of passive detectors for the determination of radon concentrations requires the counting of the nuclear tracks produced by alpha particles on the detecting material. The "image reduction and analysis facility" (IRAF