SIMBAD references

R. J. Rudy, D. K. Lynch, and R. W. Russell, The Aerospace Corporation; and S. J. Bus, University of Hawaii, report infrared spectroscopy of V1187 Sco between 0.8 and 5 microns using the Infrared Telescope Facility (+ SpeX). The object entered its coronal phase around the middle of September, with the appearance of the [S VIII] and [S IX] lines on Sept. 22. Further observations on Sept. 30 revealed more and strengthening coronal lines. Currently present are [S VIII] at 0.99 microns and [S IX] at 1.25 microns, [Si VI] and [Si VII] at 1.96 and 2.48 microns, and weak [Ca VIII] at 2.32 microns. Despite the existence of coronal features and the emission lines of He II, fluorescently excited lines of O I persist. Brackett_alpha is strong, and there are weak, unidentified features at 3.82 and 3.91 microns with broad flat-topped or castellated profiles similar to the hydrogen lines. There is no evidence that dust formation has occurred.