Context : We present the results of a near-infrared photometric and spectroscopic study of the star forming region G61.48+0.09 .

Aims : The purpose of this study is to characterize the stellar content of the cluster and to determine its distance , extinction , age and mass .

Methods : The stellar population was studied by using color-magnitude diagrams to select twenty promising cluster members , for which follow up spectroscopy was done .
The observed spectra allowed a spectral classification of the stars .

Results : Two stars have emission lines , twelve are G-type stars , and six are late-O or early-B stars .

Conclusions : The cluster ’ s extinction varies from A _ { K _ { S } } = 0.9 to A _ { K _ { S } } = 2.6 , ( or A _ { V } \sim 8 to A _ { V } \sim 23 ) .
G61.48+0.09 is a star forming region located at 2.5 \pm 0.4 Kpc .
The cluster is younger than 10 Myr and has a minimum stellar mass of 1.5 \pm 0.5 \times 10 ^ { 3 } M _ { \odot } .
However , the actual total mass of the cluster remains undetermined , as we can not see its whole stellar content .