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   PR # 42016
   V471 Tauri is a ``touchstone'' system for a wide range of important
   areas of stellar research, including stellar evolution, cataclysmic
   variables, open clusters, binary stars, stellar activity, and red and
   white dwarf physics. It is one of the brightest X-ray sources in the
   Hyades. Following on our successful EUVE/optical/radio campaign, we
   propose the first ASCA observation of this star in order to study the
   distribution of heated plasma in the V471 Tau system and to look for
   evidence for the origin of the soft X-rays: stellar activity, or
   interaction between the K dwarf and the white dwarf.
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