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   PR # 41049
   BATSE on CGRO found a new transient, GRO J1849-03, with a recurrent
   outburst period of 241 days. A few periodic transients have been
   known so far. Most of them are massive binaries with eccentric orbits
   and experience a flare at every periastron passage. GRO J1849-03 may
   be a binary pulsar with an unordinary long orbital period of 241
   days, or a new kind of X-ray source like GRO J1655-40 (Nova Sco),
   which also shows periodic outbursts. In either (or neither) case, it
   would be an exciting target of Asca. We propose to observe the
   outburst of GRO J1849-03 "scheduled" on 14 Sept. 1996. The main
   purposes are positioning and identification of the source. This
   proposal should be accepted in AO-4 because the next chance for Asca
   to observe an outburst of GRO J1849-03 would be Sept. 1998.
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