J and H-band Imaging of AKARI North Ecliptic Pole Survey Field
  We present the J and H-band source catalog covering the AKARI North Ecliptic
Pole field. Filling the gap between the optical data from other follow-up
observations and mid-infrared (MIR) data from AKARI, our near-infrared (NIR)
data provides contiguous wavelength coverage from optical to MIR. For the J and
H-band imaging, we used the FLoridA Multi-object Imaging Near-ir Grism
Observational Spectrometer (FLAMINGOS) on the Kitt Peak National Observatory
2.1m telescope covering a 5.1 deg2 area down to a 5 sigma depth of ~21.6 mag
and ~21.3 mag (AB) for J and H-band with an astrometric accuracy of 0.14" and
0.17" for 1 sigma in R.A. and Decl. directions, respectively. We detected
208,020 sources for J-band and 203,832 sources for H-band. This NIR data is
being used for studies including analysis of the physical properties of
infrared sources such as stellar mass and photometric redshifts, and will be a
valuable dataset for various future missions.
