Optical and radio observations of a sample of 52 powerful ultra-steep spectrum radio sources Gopal-Krishna, C. Ledoux, J. Melnick, E. Giraud, V. Kulkarni and B. Altieri A&A, 436 2 (2005) 457-464 Published online: 30 May 2005 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20052682