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K. B. Marvel (AAS), M. Claussen, A. Wootten (NOAO), B. Wilking (Univ. Missouri, St. Louis)
Observations of water masers near Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) are capable of revealing gas kinematics within a few AU of stars undergoing formation. Low mass YSOs are especially interesting as they are analogues of our own Sun. Several sources have been mapped in recent years and have shown proper motions indicative of bipolar outflowing material. Velocities are typically about 75 km/s and are clearly bipolar. Occasionally, bowshock structures have been observed (Imai et al. 1999, Claussen et al. 1999), showing the interaction between the jet and the ambient medium and perhaps indicating that the bipolar outflow occurs episodically. I present images and proper motions for the water masers associated with IRAS 4A. They are consistent with other sources of this class.