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Aims. We report results of an X-ray study of the supernova remnant (SNR)G344.7-0.1 and the point-like X-ray source located at the geometrical center ofthe SNR radio structure. Methods. The morphology and spectral properties of theremnant and the central X-ray point-like source were studied using data fromthe XMM-Newton and Chandra satellites. Archival radio data and infrared Spitzerobservations at 8 and 24 $\mu$m were used to compare and study its multi-bandproperties at different wavelengths. Results. The XMM-Newton and Chandraobservations reveal that the overall X-ray emission of G344.7-0.1 is extendedand correlates very well with regions of bright radio and infrared emission.The X-ray spectrum is dominated by prominent atomic emission lines. Thesecharacteristics suggest that the X-ray emission originated in a thin thermalplasma, whose radiation is represented well by a plane-parallel shock plasmamodel (PSHOCK). Our study favors the scenario in which G344.7-0.1 is a 6 x 10^3year old SNR expanding in a medium with a high density gradient and is mostlikely encountering a molecular cloud on the western side. In addition, wereport the discovery of a soft point-like X-ray source located at thegeometrical center of the radio SNR structure. The object presents somecharacteristics of the so-called compact central objects (CCO). However, itsneutral hydrogen absorption column (N_{H}) is inconsistent with that of theSNR. Coincident with the position of the source, we found infrared and opticalobjects with typical early-K star characteristics. The X-ray source may be aforeground star or the CCO associated with the SNR. If this latter possibilitywere confirmed, the point-like source would be the farthest CCO detected so farand the eighth member of the new population of isolated and weakly magnetizedneutron stars.

An X-ray study of the SNR G344.7-0.1 and the central object CXOU J170357.8-414302