We report the discovery and follow-up timing observations of the 63 ms radio pulsar , PSR J1105 - 6107 .
The pulsar is young , having a characteristic age of only 63 kyr and , from its dispersion measure , is estimated to be at a distance of \sim 7 kpc from the Sun .
We consider its possible association with the nearby supernova remnant G290.1 - 0.8 ( MSH 11 - 6 1 A ) ; an association requires that the pulsar ’ s proper motion be \sim 22 mas yr ^ { -1 } ( corresponding to \sim 650 km s ^ { -1 } for a distance of 7 kpc ) directed away from the remnant center , assuming that the characteristic age is the true age .
The pulsar ’ s spin-down luminosity , 2.5 \times 10 ^ { 36 } erg s ^ { -1 } , is in the top 1 % of all known pulsar spin-down luminosities .
Given its estimated distance , PSR J1105 - 6107 is therefore likely to be observable at high energies .
Indeed , it is coincident with the known CGRO/EGRET source 2EG J1103 - 6106 ; we consider the possible association and conclude that it is likely .