Redshift of southern radio galaxies ^*

Dipartimento di Astronomia Università di Padova, Via Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, Italy E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Via Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, Italy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, U.S.A. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Received: 25 September 1995
Accepted: 27 September 1995

Abstract

We report optical spectroscopy and redshift determination for 22 radio galaxies, extracted from the Ekers et al. (1989) compilation. Selected sources, which have both Fanaroff & Riley type I and II radio morphology and are classified as elliptical or S0, have a typical early–type spectrum with strong absorption lines as generally observed in non-radio elliptical galaxies. Only in two cases, 0344-345 and 1521-300, moderately strong emission lines are observed.