New Near-Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy of NGC 2071-IR
  We present high resolution images of NGC 2071-IR in the $J$, $H$, and $K$
bands and in the emission at 2.12 $\mu$m of the v=$1-0$ $S$(1) line of
molecular hydrogen. We also present moderate resolution K-band spectra of two
young stellar objects, IRS 1 and IRS 3, within NGC 2071-IR, that are candidates
sources of one or more of the outflows observed in the region. Two of the eight
originally identified infrared point sources in NGC 2071-IR are binaries, and
we identifiy two new sources, one coincident with the radio source VLA-1 and
highly reddened. The H2 $Q$(3)/$S$(1) line intensity ratios at IRS 1 and IRS 3
yield high and very high extinctions, respectively, to them, as is implied by
their near-infrared colors and K-band continuum slopes. The spectra also reveal
the presence of hot, dense circumstellar molecular gas in each, suggesting that
both are strong candidates for having energetic molecular outflows. We agree
with a previous suggestion that IRS 1 is the likely source of an E-W-oriented
outflow and conclude that this outflow is probably largely out of the plane of
the sky. We also conclude that if IRS 3 is the source of the large scale NE-SW
outflow, as has been previously suggested, its jet/wind must precess in order
to explain the angular width of that outflow. We discuss the natures of the
point sources and their probable contributions, if any, to the complex
morphology of the H2 line emission.
