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   52096
   G347.5-0.5 is a newly discovered supernova remnant from the ROSAT All-
   Sky Survey. While it is one of the brightest X-ray remnants known,
   spectral studies from a short pointed observation with the PSPC cannot
   differentiate between temperature scenarios which imply vastly
   different evolutionary states. The remnant may be relatively young with
   a very high temperature or it may be of moderate age but with very
   large absorption. We propose a 50 ks ASCA observation in raster mode to
   map the entire remnant and provide sufficiently rich spectra to permit
   a detailed study of the evolutionary characteristics of the SNR.
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