Measurement of proper motion and annual parallax with maser emission

We present the results of astrometric observations using water masers around a semi-regular variable star R Crt. The observations were carried out for two years with the Korean VLBI Network (KVN). The absolute positions of the water masers from R Crt are successfully obtained at 10 epochs in total. By tracking the positions of the water maser emission, we directly measured the annual parallax and distance of R Crt. The measured distance to R Crt enables us to estimate the actual 3D velocity of water masers around R Crt. Our research suggests the possibility of performing astrometric studies with the KVN. As a next step, we are going to enhance the astrometric accuracy by observing SiO masers.