A Survey of Local Group Galaxies Currently Forming Stars: II. UBVRI
  Photometry of Stars in Seven Dwarfs and a Comparison of the Entire Sample
  We have obtained UBVRI images with the Kitt Peak and Cerro Tololo 4-m
telescopes and Mosaic cameras of seven dwarfs in (or near) the Local Group, all
of which have known evidence of recent star formation: IC10, NGC 6822, WLM,
Sextans B, Sextans A, Pegasus,and Phoenix. We construct color-magnitude
diagrams (CMDs) of these systems, as well as neighboring regions that can be
used to evaluate the degree of foreground contamination by stars in the Milky
Way. Inter-comparison of these CMDs with those of M31, M33, the LMC, and the
SMC permits us to determine improved reddening values for a typical OB star
found within these galaxies. All of the CMDs reveal a strong or modest number
of blue supergiants. All but Pegasus and Phoenix also show the clear presence
of red supergiants in the CMD, although IC10 appears to be deficient in these
objects given its large WR population. The bright stars of intermediate color
in the CMD are badly contaminated by foreground stars (30-100%), and
considerable spectroscopy is needed before statistics on the yellow supergiants
in these systems will be known. This study is intended to serve both as the
impetus and "finding charts" for further space-based imaging, and for many
spectroscopic programs at large aperture.
