SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 41111 MR. SHIN'ICHIRO UNO INSTITUTE OF SPACE AND ASTRONAUTICAL SCIENCE KANAGAWA JAPAN 229 SAGAMIHARA 3-1-1 YOSHINODAI E-mail: UNO@ASTRO.ISAS.AC.JP Tel: 0427-51-3911(2622) Fax: 0427-59-4253 Medium: 2.5GB8MM Subject: NORMAL GALAXIES Title: M33 --- AN UNUSUAL NUCLEAR SOURCE IN A NEARBY GALAXY Abstract: Is the nuclear source of M33 a black hole binary or an AGN? This is a question presented by the ASCA observations in PV phase. This question is of importance not only for understanding the host galaxy M33 but also for understanding evolution of galaxy in general, because recent results of ROSAT indicate similar unual nuclear source exist in other galaxies, e.g. NGC 3628. We consider follow-up observations of this galaxy can answer the question. We expect to detect time variablity by comparing PV and the new observations. The spectral variation is a key observatinal feature which characterize a black hole binary. Co-Is: 1 KAZUHISA MITSUDA ISAS JAPAN MITSUDA@ASTRO.ISAS.AC.JP 0427-51-3911EX(2617) 2 YOSHIHIRO UEDA ISAS JAPAN 3 TOSHIO MURAKAMI ISAS JAPAN 4 YOSHITAKA SAITOH TOKYO UNIV. JAPAN 5 KYOKO OKADA ISAS JAPAN Target Name PRI RA Dec Time TC Off GIS SIS_Cts Obs ------------------- --- -------- -------- ---- -- --- --- ------- --- M33 3 23.4621 30.6600 40 N Y P 0.40000 1