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   HST UV spectroscopy of the broad-line radio galaxy Arp 102B revealed a
   new phenomemon, absorption lines from low-ionization species including
   metastable levels of Fe II. A ROSAT PSPC spectrum of Arp 102B showed
   excess absorption by cold gas, but because the X-ray column is so
   large, it is not accurately measured by the PSPC. We need an ASCA
   spectrum to better compare the X-ray absorption properties of Arp 102B
   with the column densities estimated from its UV absorption lines, with
   the goal of inferring the locations of the absorbers. Preliminary
   indications are that the X-ray absorption is too large to be compatible
   with measures of optical extinction in the AGN. We wish to confirm this
   result, which if true might require a dustless cold absorber, possibly
   an accretion disk wind.
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