Comparison of Mrk 1044’s BHAR and SFR on different spatial scales with theoretical predictions. The contours are taken from Volonteri et al. (2015) and describe the BHAR during a merger (blue), stochastic (red), and remnant (yellow) phase, respectively. The lines represent the relations between galaxy-scale SFR and BHAR from Mullaney et al. (2012; mass-selected galaxies, dotted line) and Chen et al. (2013; star-forming galaxies, dashed). The dash-dotted line marks the line that separates AGN- and SF-dominated regions. On galaxy scales, Mrk 1044 has a high SFR comparable to that of merging galaxies. In the center, the high SFR of Mrk 1044’s CNE follows the predicted correlation with BHAR.