Bright Stars Near the Ecliptic Poles

All data presented here are derived from the 2MASS All-Sky PSC.

1. Minimum radius from the NEP to get:
• 1 star brighter than K_s = 4.4 mag = 5315 arcsec
• 1 star brighter than K_s = 7.2 mag = 1218 arcsec
• 4 stars brighter than K_s = 4.4 mag = 7600 arcsec
• 4 stars brighter than K_s = 7.2 mag = 2009 arcsec
2. Minimum radius from the SEP to get:
• 1 star brighter than K_s = 4.4 mag = 3549 arcsec
• 1 star brighter than K_s = 7.2 mag = 1436 arcsec
• 4 stars brighter than K_s = 4.4 mag = 5560 arcsec
• 4 stars brighter than K_s = 7.2 mag = 2688 arcsec
3. Brightest object within 23.5 arcmin of the NEP:

2MASS J17574325+6618382  J=7.26 +/- 0.02  H=6.78 +/- 0.02  Ks=6.66 +/- 0.01   nep_dist=1218"

4. Brightest object within 23.5 arcmin of the SEP:

2MASS J05564771-6639054  J=8.11 +/- 0.02  H=7.52 +/- 0.04  Ks=7.42 +/- 0.01   sep_dist=1191"

Figure 1 - Equatorial coordinate distribution of stars with Ks< 4.4 mag within 5° of the north ecliptic pole	Figure 2 - Equatorial coordinate distribution of stars with Ks< 4.4 mag within 5° of the south ecliptic pole
Figure 3 - Equatorial coordinate distribution of stars with Ks< 7.2 mag within 5° of the north ecliptic pole	Figure 4 Equatorial coordinate distribution of stars with Ks< 7.2 mag within 5° of the south ecliptic pole

Table 1 - List of stars brighter than K_s=4.4 mag within 5.1 degrees of the north ecliptic pole, sorted by increasing distance from the pole (dist)

Table 2 - List of stars brighter than K_s=4.4 mag within 5.1 degrees of the south ecliptic pole, sorted by increasing distance from the pole (dist)

Table 3 - List of stars brighter than K_s=7.2 mag within 2.1 degrees of the north ecliptic pole, sorted by increasing distance from the pole (dist)

Table 4 - List of stars brighter than K_s=7.2 mag within 2.1 degrees of the north ecliptic pole, sorted by increasing distance from the pole (dist)