F A C U L A A C T I V I T Y 3rd quarter 2008 Fwo, Fw, Asf, Psf * 10 Day July August September 1 3 0 11 0 6 0 20 20 0 0 0 7 2 2 0 4 0 5 0 15 0 6 0 14 5 3 4 0 13 20 3 0 131 0 0 0 0 25 4 3 0 7 20 6 0 14 13 4 0 58 10 5 4 0 20 10 4 0 130 0 3 0 5 10 6 3 0 13 15 3 0 8 10 3 0 5 10 7 2 0 4 40 4 0 116 20 0 0 0 30 8 0 0 0 10 3 0 68 10 0 0 0 7 9 5 0 13 -1 2 0 2 0 6 0 93 15 10 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 1 0 5 15 2 0 4 15 0 0 0 0 12 3 0 10 -1 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 13 5 0 65 0 3 0 21 3 0 0 0 10 14 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 7 8 0 48 0 15 4 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 0 17 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 18 5 0 25 -1 0 0 0 15 4 0 12 3 19 2 2 6 20 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 20 2 0 16 25 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 15 21 3 0 10 20 0 2 8 13 3 0 20 -1 22 0 0 0 30 2 0 4 15 0 0 0 -1 23 4 0 149 25 3 0 13 0 0 0 0 -1 24 8 0 202 5 0 0 0 7 8 0 185 10 25 7 0 182 10 0 0 0 5 4 0 18 5 26 1 0 8 20 3 0 11 0 11 0 134 0 27 3 0 93 20 2 0 6 0 2 0 13 0 28 3 0 74 10 10 0 65 10 6 0 68 0 29 3 0 12 10 10 0 48 10 7 0 10 0 30 2 0 3 0 2 0 3 10 3 0 7 0 31 1 0 3 5 3 0 119 17 -1 -1 -1 -1 Mean: 3 0 32 14 3 0 26 7 3 0 23 6 Days: 31 31 31 28 31 31 31 31 30 30 30 26 (of 31) (of 31) (of 30) 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: F.Brandl, H.Bretschneider, M.Chudi, M.Delfs (WFS-Berlin), M.Holl, E.Junker, H.Pietsch, M.Szulc, H.Stetter, 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, 23 November 2008