Abstract

During the last decades many authors have concentrated their efforts on understanding what are the most efficient mechanisms to feed an AGN. Several solutions have been proposed, as the presence of circumnuclear star clusters, nuclear bars/disks/spirals, and the interaction between galaxies, in form of close encounters and mergers. Here we present new results about an isolated, intermediate-type Seyfert galaxy, Mrk315. The analysis of broadand narrow-band images, and integral field spectra revealed a spiral-like structure hidden under the E/S0 morphology of the galaxy, and confirmed the presence of a nuclear jet-like feature, forming a sort of very extended “hook”. Moreover, our data confirmed the supposed nature of the already known knot, located at 2” from the active nucleus, as a secondary nucleus, residual of a minor merger bewteen the galaxy and a small nucleated companion.

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