Context :

Aims : We present the results of spectroscopic– and orbit–sampled photometric observations of the faint UV-excess object PG 2200+085 .

Methods : The optical CCD photometry observations of this object were performed by the Russian-Turkish 1.5-meter telescope RTT150 at the TUBITAK National Observatory ( Turkey ) .
The long-slit optical spectroscopy observations with 2.6 Å resolution were carried out by 6-meter telescope BTA at the Special Astrophysical Observatory ( Russia ) .

Results : The photometric variations over two nights are almost sinusoidal with an amplitude \Delta m _ { V } = 0. ^ { m } 04 and a period of P = 0.3186 d. Such a light curve is typical of a detached close binary with an illumination effect or the ellipsoidal deformation of a secondary star .
The observed spectrum clearly displays a featureless blue continuum of a hot component and a rich absorption–line and molecular band K–star spectrum .
The CaII line profiles with strong emission cores are remarkably similar to those of V471 Tau .

Conclusions : We tentatively classify PG 2200+085 as a pre-cataclysmic binary of the V471 Tau type .