Mapping the SFR in the vicinity Mrk 1044’s nucleus. From left to right the panels show (1) the HST/UVIS contours, (2) Mrk 1044’s extinction map, (3) the SFR surface density and (4) the gas-phase metallicity. The contour of the Hα ring is over-plotted in white. While both extinction and SF are concentrated in a circumnuclear ring, the chemical composition of the ionized gas is homogeneous within the inner 1 kpc.