During the BeppoSAX survey of the Galactic Center region , we have discovered X–ray emission from the central region of the supernova remnant G0.9+0.1 .
The high interstellar absorption ( N _ { H } \sim 3 \times 10 ^ { 23 } cm ^ { -2 } ) is consistent with a distance of order of 10 kpc and , correspondingly , an X–ray luminosity of \sim 10 ^ { 35 } erg s ^ { -1 } .

Although we can not completely rule out a thermal origin of the X–ray emission , its small angular extent ( radius \sim 2 ^ { \prime } ) , the good fit with a power law , the presence of a flat spectrum radio core , and the estimated SNR age of a few thousand years , favour the interpretation in terms of synchrotron emission powered by a young , energetic pulsar .