Redshift of southern radio galaxies ^*

Dipartimento di Astronomia Università di Padova, Via Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, Italy E-mail: riccardo@astrpd.pd.astro.it Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Via Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, Italy falomo@astrpd.pd.astro.it Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, U.S.A. pesce@stsci.edu

Send offprint request to: R. Scarpa

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.