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    PR # 32254                                                                   
     Abell 1736 is in the midst of the Shapley Supercluster, the largest         
     concentration of galaxy clusters in the nearby Universe (z $<$ 0.1).        
     A1736 shows spatial and spectral evidence of ongoing subcluster             
     merging: the X-ray peak of A1736 is displaced from the optical              
     concentrations of galaxies and multiple temperature components are          
     found in its Ginga spectrum.  An ASCA SIS/GIS observation of A1736          
     would yield insight into the details of cluster-cluster interactions        
     in this unique supercluster.                                                
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
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