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    PR # 32187                                                                   
     We propose to re-observe the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3227, an ASCA PV          
     target.  The source exhibited rapid large amplitude and spectral            
     variability, the spectrum becoming softer with intensity on a 10 Ks         
     timescale.  The spectrum showed characteristic signatures of a warm         
     absorber as well as an Fe-K line at 6.4 keV.  We found that on this         
     short timescale the spectral index of the continuum increases with          
     intensity but the warm absorber and Fe-K line intensity do not              
     respond to the continuum.  Further study with ASCA is required to           
     investigate the long term behavior of the warm absorber, flux-index         
     correlation and the Fe-K line. We outline in specific ways how the          
     combined short-term and long-term high quality spectral variability         
    data will constrain models of                                                
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