Optical surface photometry of radio galaxies II. Observations and data analysis

Optical imaging observations for 50 radio galaxies are presented. For each object isophotal contours, photometric profiles, structural parameters (pos ition angle, ellipticity, Fourier coefficients); and total magnitudes are g iven. These observations, obtained in the Cousins R band, complement the da ta presented in a previous paper and are part of a larger project aimed at studying the optical properties of low redshift (z less than or equal to 0. 12) radio galaxies (Govoni et al. 1999). Comments for each individual sourc e are reported.