Proper Motion Study of Water Masers Associated with the Young Star Haro 6-10

Bradley Martin Gerling
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Advisor:Dr. Bruce Wilking

Abstract
 This report presents the first detection and proper motion study of the water masers associated with the Haro 6-10 binary system. The outflow only from the southern component, which has a velocity of 20 km s-1 was observed, and is nearly in the plane of the sky. Furthermore, the spectra of both the infrared and visible Haro 6-10 objects were analyzed. The data suggests that both sources are very active. The presence of emission lines of hydrogen and H2 indicate that both sources are accreting and producing outflows. No strong evidence for a third component to the binary system was seen.
Bradley Gerling is a freshman in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
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