A High-Resolution Map of the Cosmic Microwave Background around the North Celestial Pole

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Abstract
We present a Wiener-filtered map of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) fluctuations in a cap with 15° diameter, centered at the north celestial pole. The map is based on the 1993-1995 data from the Saskatoon (SK) experiment, with an angular resolution around 1° in the frequency range 27.6-44.1 GHz. The signal-to-noise ratio in the map is of order 2, and some individual hot and cold spots are significant at the 5 σ level. The spatial features are found to be consistent from year to year, which reinforces the conclusion that the SK results are not dominated by residual atmospheric contamination or other noncelestial signals.