2005IAUC.8524....2R

R. W. Russell, R. J. Rudy, and D. K. Lynch, Aerospace Corporation; and W. Golisch, Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF), report on a 0.8-2.5-micron spectrogram taken of V2361 Cyg (cf. IAUC 8483) with the IRTF (+ SpeX) on Mar. 6.66 UT. The calibrator was HD 192538 (an A0 star with mag V about 6.5). The most prominent aspect of the spectrum was a strong, smooth continuum rising toward longer wavelengths across the entire spectral range – indicative of thermal emission from dust – and the continuum was well-fitted by a 970-K (± 10 K) blackbody. Also present in the spectrum were the following doubled emission lines (2600 km/s FWHM) with prominent red components: He I 1.0830-microns, H I 1.2818-microns, and O I at 0.8446, 1.1287, and 1.3165 microns. H I Paschen_gamma was present but very weak and blended with He I. The reddening, as determined from the O I lines, was E(B-V) about 1.2 mag, a significant fraction of which may be local to the source.