A survey of local group galaxies currently forming stars. II. UBVRI photometry of stars in seven dwarfs and a comparison of the entire sample

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2393-2417

  Massey, Philip ^a,b   Olsen, K A G ^c   Hodge, Paul W ^d   Jacoby, George H ^e   McNeill, Reagin T ^a,f   Smith, R C ^c   Strong, Shay B ^a,g  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c NOAO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e WIYN Observatory   (United States)

^f SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalogs; Galaxies: stellar content; Stars: early type; Supergiants; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249275644     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513319     Document Type: Article

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