We report high resolution ( \lambda / \Delta \lambda \sim 48000 ) spectral observations of the yellow symbiotic star V417 Cen obtained in 2004 .
We find that the equivalent widths of the emission lines decreased , while the brightness increased .
The FWHMs and wavelengths of the emission lines do not change .

We estimated the interstellar extinction towards V417 Cen as E _ { B - V } = 0.95 \pm 0.10 , using the KI interstellar line .

Using the [ O III ] lines , we obtain a rough estimation of the density and the temperature in the forbidden lines region \log N _ { e } \approx 4.5 \pm 0.5 and T _ { e } = 100000 \pm 25000 K. Tidal interaction in this binary is also discussed .