In the course of the XMM-Newton survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud ( SMC ) , a region to the east of the emission nebula N19 was observed in November 2009 .
To search for new candidates for high mass X-ray binaries the EPIC PN and MOS data of the detected point sources were investigated and their spectral and temporal characteristics identified .
A new transient ( XMMU J005011.2-730026= SXP214 ) with a pulse period of 214.05 s was discovered ; the source had a hard X-ray spectrum with power-law index of \sim 0.65 .
The accurate X-ray source location permits the identification of the X-ray source with a \sim 15th magnitude Be star , thereby confirming this system as a new Be/X-ray binary .