XMM-Newton Observations of NGC 300

We propose two 35ksec observations of the Sculptor group galaxy NGC 300 tofollow up on our earlier observations in 2000 December/2001 January. Our aim isto search for and study the longterm luminosity variations of the 30 brightestsources in NGC 300 on timescales from years to months, to push the detectionlimit of Xray point sources in NGC 300 to luminosities below 1E37 erg/s, toincrease the number of sources which can be studied spectroscopically, and toidentify contaminating background AGN through spectral and variability studies. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]