  We present surface photometry of the irregular galaxy NGC 3077 using two data
sets: photographic plates and CCD images. Isophotal contours, luminosity and
colour distributions as well as position angle and ellipticity curves show that
NGC 3077 is similar to an elliptical galaxy in the outer regions with a
disturbed blue centre. The outer isophotes 22-25 mag/arcsec^2 are approximately
centred on the dynamical centre, the inner ones are disturbed by the dominant
contribution of a reddened young population.
