  We report the results of spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy of 8 different
ASCA pointings distributed symmetrically around the center of the Perseus
cluster. The outer region of the intracluster gas is roughly isothermal, with
temperature ~ 6-7 keV, and metal abundance ~ 0.3 Solar. Spectral analysis of
the central pointing is consistent with the presence of a cooling flow and a
central metal abundance gradient.
  A significant velocity gradient is found along an axis at a position angle of
\~135 deg, which is ~ 45 deg discrepant with the major axis of the X-ray
elongation. The radial velocity difference is found to be greater than 1000
km/s/Mpc at the 90% confidence level. Simultaneous fittings of GIS 2 & 3
indicate that the velocity gradient is significant at the 95% confidence level
and the F-test rules out constant velocities at the 99% level. Intrinsic short
and long term variations of gain are unlikely (P < 0.03) to explain the
velocity discrepancies.
