F A C U L A A C T I V I T Y 3rd quarter 1998 Fwo, Fw, Asf, Psf * 10 Day July August September 1 10 23 328 0 21 30 564 43 25 30 970 40 2 16 29 529 100 8 28 228 130 17 23 650 35 3 18 26 560 25 18 20 333 65 22 22 673 120 4 -1 -1 -1 -1 14 16 422 0 23 17 520 55 5 30 25 370 90 25 10 243 45 20 28 408 80 6 17 30 397 60 17 23 723 70 10 30 190 140 7 25 30 395 -1 13 29 920 53 28 35 578 40 8 46 2 458 45 26 29 921 53 15 28 303 70 9 50 10 410 30 24 25 749 50 20 30 453 120 10 20 30 780 -1 23 22 597 53 23 25 600 35 11 16 44 674 0 19 16 444 10 40 0 410 0 12 7 40 657 0 16 16 351 45 10 20 60 -1 13 50 0 435 0 27 20 800 0 10 10 100 -1 14 26 10 401 77 37 17 613 -1 23 27 580 110 15 37 10 403 105 37 17 530 63 -1 -1 -1 -1 16 40 13 390 10 35 30 723 40 23 20 435 130 17 37 14 419 43 23 30 665 55 33 33 407 45 18 48 3 455 0 20 48 915 70 38 30 700 40 19 39 11 538 20 15 48 1035 53 30 15 870 0 20 20 33 654 25 19 31 884 40 19 29 587 50 21 28 36 791 10 18 35 433 60 18 34 632 30 22 12 35 582 45 18 30 673 0 33 15 845 30 23 20 42 870 20 26 16 362 45 27 20 607 20 24 18 28 608 75 10 20 220 -1 31 21 666 43 25 36 4 532 15 17 25 435 0 50 14 897 38 26 28 4 288 93 20 25 335 -1 34 20 812 30 27 26 12 388 33 27 22 368 53 20 25 895 30 28 20 28 840 55 15 20 165 -1 20 40 970 40 29 37 23 963 20 28 42 998 25 25 35 1435 0 30 28 28 638 45 20 36 739 7 45 15 785 0 31 15 40 520 15 24 30 880 45 -1 -1 -1 -1 Mean: 27 22 542 38 21 26 589 43 25 24 622 51 30 ( 28) Days 31 ( 27) Days 29 ( 27) Days Explanation of the data: Fwo - number of area shaped facula regions without spots; Fw - number of area shaped facula regions with spots; Asf - total number of the individual faculae observed inside of the fwo- and the fw-areas only; Psf - total number of the single point shaped faculae observed outside of the fwo- and fw-areas only and without the polar faculae. The value "-1" means a observation was not made. All other numbers are the daily means of all observers multiplied by 10. Observers: D.Bannuscher, F.Brandl, H.Bretschneider, M.Delfs (Wilhelm-Foerster-Observatory, Berlin), S.Gonzi, M.Holl, E.Junker, A.Reszin, H.Stetter, M.Szulc, A.Winzer, M.Winzer Instruments: Refractors and reflectors from 50/600 to 150/2250 mm (apertures between 2 and 6 inches) Compilation and data processing: Michael Delfs, 30 October 1998 Special thanks to the "Berliner Letteverein" (vocational school in Ber- lin's district Schoeneberg) for using the VAX-computer in the elec- tronic and data engineering compartment.