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    PR # 32148                                                                   
     We propose to map the gravitational field of NGC 1332 by exploiting         
     complementary X-ray data from ASCA and ROSAT observations; NGC 1332         
     is one of only two flattened early-type galaxies having known X-ray         
     properties particularly suited to analysis of this type.  We will           
     constrain the shape of the gravitational potential and the amount of        
     mass in the galaxy by using a method we have developed predicated on        
     the assumptions that the X-rays result from hot gas in hydrostatic          
     equilibrium with the galaxy potential.  With the superior spectral          
     resolution of the ASCA data we will verify these assumptions, in            
     particular quantifying precisely the emission from discrete sources.        
     Thus, significantly more accurate constraints on the intrinsic shape        
    of the galaxy mass will be pos                                               
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