A young and obscured AGN embedded in the giant radio galaxy Mrk 1498
  Mrk 1498 is part of a sample of galaxies with extended emission line regions
(extended outwards up to a distance of $\sim$7 kpc) suggested to be
photo-ionized by an AGN that has faded away or that is still active but heavily
absorbed. Interestingly, the nucleus of Mrk 1498 is at the center of two giant
radio lobes with a projected linear size of 1.1 Mpc. Our multi-wavelength
analysis reveals a complex nuclear structure, with a young radio source
(Giga-hertz Peaked Spectrum) surrounded by a strong X-ray nuclear absorption, a
mid-infrared spectrum that is dominated by the torus emission, plus a
circum-nuclear extended emission in the [OIII] image (with radius of $\sim$ 1
kpc), most likely related to the ionization of the AGN, aligned with the small
and large scale radio jet and extended also at X-rays. In addition a
large-scale extended emission (up to $\sim$ 10 kpc) is only visible in [OIII].
These data show conclusive evidence of a heavily absorbed nucleus and has
recently restarted its nuclear activity. To explain its complexity, we propose
that Mrk 1498 is the result of a merging event or secular processes, such as a
minor interaction, that has triggered the nuclear activity and produced tidal
streams. The large-scale extended emission that gives place to the actual
morphology could either be explained by star formation or outflowing material
from the AGN.
