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    PR # 32222                                                                   
     During 1995, the broad line radio galaxy 3C 390.3 will be the object        
     of a multiwavelength monitoring campaign. IUE observations have been        
     approved and ground based observations are being organized. Shapshot        
     ROSAT HRI observations every three days will provide 99 soft X-ray          
     flux measurements. However, the HRI provides no X-ray spectral              
     information.  ASCA spectra are necessary to interpret the HRI data          
     since multiple spectral components can contribute to the soft X-ray         
     emission. The multiwaveband spectra obtained at different epochs            
     combined with the detailed knowledge of the variability in different        
     wave bands will allow us to measure the fraction of the X-ray               
     emission which is beamed.                                                   
                                                                                 
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