2004IAUC.8370....3P

Puetter, Rudy, Lynch, Mazuk, Venturini, and Perry add that their NIRIS observations of V2574 Oph (cf. IAUC 8323, 8324) on June 23.4 UT show that the nova is still in its low-excitation phase, showing lines of C I, N I, and Fe II. No He II or coronal lines are seen. The Balmer, Paschen, and Bracket lines are strong, as are the Lyman_beta-fluoresced O I lines at 0.8446 and 1.1287 microns. The lines are approximately gaussian in shape but are asymmetric near their peaks (FWHM approximately 1500 km/s). The slow development of this nova suggests that continued monitoring should be possible for several years.