A MULTIWAVEBAND STUDY OF THE UNUSUAL NARROW LINE QUASAR IRAS 20181-2244

iras 201812244, with a 60 micron luminosity of 1.4*10^12 solar luminosity and an unreddened absolute visual magnitude of 24.7, is the most luminous of the two known narrow line quasars. it lies at a redshift of 0.185 and has iras fluxes of 10 mjy at 12 micron to almost 1 jy at 100 microns. it has been suggested that its blr is totally obscured by a dusty torus. the fact that it is the brightest of only two known narrow line quasars makes it a highly unusual object worthy of observation. we propose to obtain phot farir photometry, cam polarimetry and sws line spectra of this object. the phot photometry will enable us to determine if there is a turnover in the flux at long wavelengths and hence determine the dust temperature (assuming dust is present). cam polarimetry will enable us to measure any polarisation due to a dusty torus and provide nearir fluxes. based on optical line data and models we calculate only one line will be strong enough to detect: the oiv 26 micron line. we therefore propose an sws observation of that line to verify the models and calculations. if the line is stronger than predicted and there is a second call we will then propose observations of other lines. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]