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   PR # 12038
      We propose using the ASCA detectors to study the spectrum of the
    galactic supernova remnant G296.1-0.7.  ASCA data will be input to
    our standard non-equilibrium models to determine temperatures, ioniza
    tion timescales,abundances, masses and internal energies.  Detailed
    spectral/spatial studies will help to determine if, as has been
    suggested, G296.1-0.7 is actually two overlapping SNRs.  We will use
    ASCA data to complement our recent PSPC observations,in which we find
    statistically significant spectral variations within this object.  A
    side benefit of this observation will be a phase-correlated spectral
    study of the binary X-ray pulsar 2S1145-619, which will be in one of
    the two GIS fields.

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