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   PR # 41032
   RX J1802+1804 is a newly ROSAT detected AM Her binary. It has been
   optically identified with a V=15 mag object which shows no optical
   eclipses. The X-ray and optical periodicity at 113 min, and the
   presence of a strong blackbody component strongly supports the AM Her
   nature. The ROSAT spectrum also clearly show the well-known
   bremsstrahlung component, whose temperature, however, cannot be
   constrained. We ask for a 80 ksec ASCA observation of this new,
   bright AM Her variable in order to 1) determine the temperature of
   the hard component and the corresponding white dwarf mass, 2)
   approach the soft X-ray problem by measuring the hard X-ray flux
   accurately.
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