A&a Manuscript No. Properties of the Young Stellar Object N 160 A-ir ? ??

We present near-and mid-infrared images of the young stellar object N 160A-IR in the Large Magel-lanic Cloud (LMC). For the rst time, the YSO is seen in the NIR as a compact point source in the northwestern part of the H ii region N 160A. Furthermore, we present ISO-SWS spectra pointed on the YSO. The spectra cover the full wavelength range of SWS on board of ISO (2.5-45 m) where most of the dust features are located. N 160A-IR shows the unidentiied infrared bands (UIBs) and silicate absorption on a steeply rising continuum plus ne structure lines from the H ii region. A radiative transfer model for the YSO with a luminosity of 1:4 10 6 L being deeply embedded (A V =60 mag) in its parental cloud reproduces the observations. The mass of the model cloud is 50,000M consistent with other estimates.