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   The ROSAT discovered enigmatic X-ray AGN RX J0134-42 is extreme in
   several respects: 1) one of the steepest X-ray spectra during the RASS,
   2) dramatic change of its X-ray spectrum in 3 years, 3) very blue
   optical continuum, 4) no detectable Narrow Line Region emission, but 5)
   very strong optical FeII emission. A possible explanation of its
   strange behavior in X-rays could be ``warm'' absorption. Alternatively,
   the flux of the hard X-ray component could have changed by a large
   amount. ASCA observations of RX J0134-42 would provide information a)
   about the physical conditions of the enviromental gas of the central
   region, b) what is the hard X-ray slope, and c) what is the connection
   of the hard X-ray emission to the other properties of this source and
   of AGN in general.
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