K'-band imaging of the Rosette giant molecular cloud CO emission peak
reveals the presence of a newly discovered small cluster of stars, coi
ncident with the IRAS source 06314+0427 (Block et al. 1993). We have o
btained a high-resolution K-band spectrum of the brightest member of t
he cluster (dubbed BG/IRS1). The Brgamma 2.166 mum line shows a double
peaked emission, indicative of a hot star with a disklike circumstell
ar geometry. We have obtained JHK photometry, which has allowed us to
determine the near-IR extinction toward the cluster (A(K) = 1.m5 +/- .
5). Assuming a distance of 1600 pc for the cluster, we show that at le
ast two of the stars appear to be well above the ZAMS, based upon thei
r inferred spectral types and MK magnitudes. From this we conclude tha
t we are seeing a pre-main-sequence cluster of stars.