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    PR # 32007                                                                   
     We propose to use the ASCA SIS to observe the very metal poor corona        
     of the star HD 89499.  A Pop II binary, HD 89499 is the most metal          
     poor star ([Fe/H] = -2.3) known to be an X-ray source.  Observations        
     with ROSAT have shown this star to possess a very hot (1.5 x 10$^7$         
     K) single-component corona.  ASCA spectra will be used to constrain         
     the high-temperature component, determine whether such a high               
     temperature is caused by the lack of line emission, and compare the         
     Fe abundance in the corona to that measured in the photosphere.             
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
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