Optical surface photometry of radio galaxies

II. Observations and data analysis

¹ Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, I–35122 Padova, Italy
² Dip. di Astronomia, Univ. di Bologna, Via Ranzani 1, I–40127 Bologna, Italy
³ Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, U.S.A.

Send offprint request to: F. Govoni, *e-mail: fgovoni@astbo1.bo.cnr.it Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile, and at the Nordic Optical Telescope, La Palma.

Received: 23 July 1999
Accepted: 24 January 2000

Abstract

Optical imaging observations for 50 radio galaxies are presented. For each object isophotal contours, photometric profiles, structural parameters (position angle, ellipticity, Fourier coefficients), and total magnitudes are given. These observations, obtained in the Cousins R band, complement the data presented in a previous paper and are part of a larger project aimed at studying the optical properties of low redshift () radio galaxies (Govoni et al. 1999). Comments for each individual source are reported.