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    PR # 31238                                                                   
     An unusual optical red envelope has been observed for the first time        
     around the galaxy sitting at the center of the poor cluster MS1111.9        
     -3754, discovered in the EMSS x-ray survey. This optical envelope may       
      be the product of accretion due to a massive cooling flow, and this        
      would be the first case in which the bulk of the accreted material i       
     s seen. A preliminary analysis of ROSAT PSPC data show a large X-ray        
     emitting envelope of gas at a temperature of about 5 keV. We propose        
     to obtain a 40 ks ASCA observation which, combined with our ROSAT-HRI       
      observation, will allow us to measure accurately temperature and met       
     allicity of the X-ray emitting gas and determine the origin of the X-       
     ray emission and the extended red envelope around the galaxy.               
                                                                                 
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