F A C U L A A C T I V I T Y 4th quarter 1996 Fwo, Fw, Asf, Psf * 10 Day October November December 1 48 0 313 -1 15 0 30 -1 37 17 467 0 2 20 0 116 220 50 0 130 -1 5 5 140 0 3 27 0 115 0 25 0 55 0 26 0 98 25 4 0 0 0 0 13 0 28 30 23 0 67 0 5 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 42 20 6 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 -1 20 0 95 70 7 22 0 54 0 10 0 20 -1 15 0 30 0 8 10 0 40 10 21 0 81 93 -1 -1 -1 -1 9 90 0 240 -1 23 0 68 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 10 13 0 30 0 20 0 70 -1 30 0 100 -1 11 22 0 50 0 10 0 25 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 12 30 0 80 -1 10 10 60 -1 45 20 725 -1 13 26 0 94 53 0 0 0 50 10 20 150 -1 14 29 0 107 45 8 0 83 20 22 12 320 15 15 0 0 0 0 13 3 63 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 16 47 0 103 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 28 0 78 0 17 15 0 50 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 18 17 0 70 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 10 0 20 0 19 29 0 253 0 0 0 0 0 40 10 240 -1 20 33 0 73 -1 10 0 10 -1 17 3 47 0 21 3 0 10 0 5 5 15 0 23 8 219 0 22 0 0 0 0 33 9 256 58 28 10 497 0 23 7 0 17 0 20 10 110 -1 13 10 410 0 24 10 0 38 0 0 0 0 -1 33 0 241 0 25 23 0 50 170 30 20 323 -1 28 0 95 0 26 14 0 38 0 0 10 40 -1 25 0 124 0 27 10 0 30 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 15 0 40 0 28 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 27 0 193 0 29 5 0 30 -1 0 10 150 -1 10 0 70 0 30 0 0 0 0 10 7 170 -1 33 0 97 -1 31 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 22 0 107 0 Mean: 18 0 65 22 13 3 69 21 23 4 181 6 31 ( 24) days 26 ( 12) days 26 ( 21) days Explanation of the data: Fwo - number of facula areas without spots; Fw - number of facula areas with spots; Asf - total number of the individual area shaped 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 observa- tion was'nt made. All other numbers are the daily means multiplied by 10. Observers: D.Bannuscher, H.Bretschneider, M.Delfs (Wilhelm - Foerster - Sternwarte, Berlin), M.Holl, E.Junker, A.Reszin, H.Stetter, M.Szulc, A.Winzer, M.Winzer Instruments: Refractors and reflectors from 50/600 mm to 150/2250mm (apertures between 2 and 6 inches) Compilation and data processing: Michael Delfs, 28 January 1996 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 engeneering compartment.