The evolution of early-type galaxies in distant clusters. I. Surface photometry and structural parameters for 53 galaxies in the z=0.33 cluster Cl 1358+62

Using wide-field, two-color Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging of the cluster Cl 1358 + 62 (z = 0.33), we derive structural parameters for a large, magnitude-limited sample of cluster members. These structural parameters are combined with accurate velocity dispersions in another paper to investigate the fundamental plane in the cluster. We fit integrated r(1/4) laws to the integrated surface brightness profiles and fit two-dimensional r(1/4)-law model galaxies to the images directly. A comparison of the results from the two methods shows that the derived half-light radii, r(e), agree very well, with an rms scatter of only 13%. The half-light radii range from approximately 1 to 20 kpc with a median of about 3 kpc (H(0) = 65 km s(-1) Mpc(-1), q(0) = 0.1).