Context :

Aims : We report the discovery of a new young stellar cluster and molecular cloud located in the far outer Galaxy , seen towards IRAS 06361-0142 , and we characterise their properties .

Methods : Near-infrared images obtained with VLT/ISAAC through JHK s filters , millimetre line observations of CO ( 1-0 ) obtained with SEST , and VLA 6 cm continuum maps obtained from archive data .

Results : The cloud and cluster are located at a distance of 7 kpc and a Galactocentric distance of 15 kpc , well in the far outer Galaxy .
Morphologically , IRAS 06361-0142 appears as a cluster of several tens of stars surrounded by a nearly spherical nebular cavity centred at the position of the IRAS source .
The cluster appears composed of low and intermediate-mass , young reddened stars with a large fraction having cleared the inner regions of their circumstellar discs responsible for ( H - K s ) colour excess .
The observations are compatible with a 4 Myr cluster with variable spatial extinction between A _ { v } = 6 and A _ { v } = 13 .

Conclusions :