SIMBAD references

D. K. Lynch, R. J. Rudy, S. Mazuk, and C. C. Venturini, Aerospace Corporation; R. C. Puetter, University of California at San Diego; and R. B. Perry, Langley Research Center, NASA, report 0.5-2.5-micron spectroscopy of V445 Pup on Jan. 14 and 16 UT using the Aerospace Corporation's Near-Infrared Imaging Spectrograph on the Lick 3-m telescope. The object has faded to fainter than mag J = 18 and could not be detected spectroscopically in the visible. In the infrared, only the He-I 1.0830- and 2.0581-micron lines were seen, both showing doubled profiles, as though a bipolar outflow is taking place. Notably absent were He II or coronal lines, suggesting that the ionizing source is not hot enough to produce significant He II or the more highly ionized states associated with the coronal features. The very red continuum detected longward of 1.5 microns appears to be produced by emission from hot dust and affected by reddening. Additional magnitudes: H = 16.7 ± 0.2, K_s [2.16-micron] = 13.8 ± 0.2. In view of this very unusual behavior, further monitoring is recommended.