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   The ROSAT PSPC spectrum of the EUV-selected AGN REJ2248-511 (z=0.10)
   shows an unusual degree of curvature; already soft between 0.3-2keV
   (with an energy index of 1.6), it steepens further at lower energies to
   form a `true' ultra-soft X-ray excess. This poses a problem for the
   nature of the alpha=1.6 power-law; is this the softening of the more
   typical alpha=1 hard X-ray continuum, or is it an extrapolation of an
   unusually soft X-ray power-law slope? We request ASCA observations to
   measure the index of the 1-10keV spectrum; the results will test the
   nature of the 0.1-2keV X-rays measured by ROSAT and challenge models of
   what has previously been considered to be the `canonical' X-ray power-
   law in AGN.
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