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    PR # 32257                                                                   
     The radio-loud, X-ray bright quasar B2 1028+313 is located in the           
     central dominant galaxy of the cluster A1030 at z=0.177.  The quasar        
     is surrounded by extended X-ray emission and optical emission line          
     gas due to a cluster cooling flow.  We propose an ASCA observation of       
     the X-ray emission from the quasar and the surrounding intracluster         
     gas.  The spectra will be used to separate the X-rays from the quasar       
     and the cluster.  We will make the first attempt to detect resonance        
     X-ray absorption lines due to the intracluster gas in the spectrum of       
     a quasar.  Such lines are expected to be strong for a quasar at the         
     center of a cooling flow.  This will allow an independent                   
     determination of the distance to the cluster.  We will also study the       
    origin of the soft excess in t                                               
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