Discovery of a close companion to the young star Haro 6-37

We report lunar occultation (LO) and speckle interferometry observations of Haro 6-37, all carried out at lambda=2.2 mu m The main finding is the disc overy of a new close companion by LO, subsequently confirmed by speckle. Th e two techniques yield values in excellent agreement, with 0." 331 and 181 degrees for the separation and position angle respectively. Additionally, t he LO data show evidence of what might be interpreted as scattered Light fr om the inner part of the dust disk which is known to exist around Hare 6-37 from mm-radio observations (Osterloh & Beckwith 1995). However this last c onclusion is subject to some uncertainty because of possible contamination of the signal during data acquisition. LO and speckle results are in good a greement also for what concerns the brightness ratio of the newly found com panion to the main component? R=0.10 or Delta K=2.5. We discuss the possibl e implications on the general picture of Hare 6-37, in particular for what concerns the ages of the components and the dust disk.