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    PR # 31132                                                                   
     We propose to use ASCA to study the first HII type galaxy (IRAS 15564       
      +6359). Dramatic X-ray variability, with shortest doubling timescale       
       of only 1500 seconds and a factor of 10 on timescales between half        
     a  day and about 1000 days, has been detected in the ROSAT energy ban       
     d (Boller et al. 1994). The small size of the emitting region, deduce       
     d  from the rapid variations (less than about 10E-4 pc), is usually t       
     aken  as the strongest proof for an AGN. It is of great interest to s       
     tudy  the hard X-ray variability of the obscured source. Modelling of       
      the  0.4-10keV spectrum, will give constraints on the physics of the       
      X-ray  emitting region.  A combined ROSAT-ASCA spectrum will separat       
     e the  starburst from the AGN component and reveal the presence of X-       
    ray  absorption.                                                             
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