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   PR # 22107
    We propose ASCA observations of two unidentified regions of diffuse  
    emission which lie in the direction of the Monogem Ring supernova    
    remnant.  The regions were discovered during the ROSAT All-Sky       
    Survey.  The regions have spectra which are significantly harder than
    the surrounding remnant, and appear to be spatially distinct from the
    remnant.  They are bright enough and small enough to allow imaging   
    and spatially-resolved spectroscopy with ASCA.  The aim of the       
    proposal is to determine the nature of these objects; the            
    possibilities include background remnants, clusters, or unusually hot
    regions of the Monogem Ring.  The spectral and spatial structure, as 
    determined by ASCA, will be crucial in distinguishing between these  
   possibilities.                
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