  Water vapor emission at 22 GHz is reported from the nucleus of the LINER
galaxy Mrk 1419 (NGC 2960). Single-dish spectra of the maser source show
properties that are similar to those seen in NGC 4258, namely (1) a cluster of
systemic H2O features, (2) two additional H2O clusters, one red- and one
blue-shifted by about 475 km/s, (3) a likely acceleration of the systemic
features, and (4) no detectable velocity drifts in the red- and blue-shifted
features. Interpreting the data in terms of the paradigm established for NGC
4258, i.e. assuming the presence of an edge-on Keplerian circumnuclear annulus
with the systemic emission arising from the near side of its inner edge, the
following parameters are derived: Rotational velocity: 330-600 km/s; radius:
0.13-0.43 pc; binding mass: about 10 million solar masses. With the galaxy
being approximately ten times farther away than NGC 4258, a comparison of
linear and angular scales (the latter via Very Long Baseline Interferometry)
may provide an accurate geometric distance to Mrk 1419 that could be used to
calibrate the cosmic distance scale.
