Centaurus

A large and rich S constellation. Its brightest star, Alpha Centauri, is actually three stars, the faintest of which, Proxima Centauri, is the closest star to the Sun, 1·29 parsec away from Earth. Omega Centauri is the largest and brightest globular cluster, 5·2 kiloparsec away. Centaurus A is a huge radio galaxy (600 kiloparsec across) and one of the nearest (4 megaparsec away). It is a strong source of X-rays and infrared radiation, and is thought to include a supermassive black hole in its nucleus.

قلب القنطورس Qalb al-Kentaurus ( Arabic "Qalb" fused with "Kentaurus" to form kab-kent) The Heart of the Centaur + Latin "Tertia" for third

τ		Tau Centauri	3.85	131.7
υ¹		Upsilon1 Centauri	3.87	418
π		Pi Centauri	3.90	321	binary star, component magnitudes: +4.3, +5.0
d		HD 117440, d Centauri	3.90	1250	binary star, component magnitudes: +4.5, +4.7
σ		Sigma Centauri	3.91	443
ρ		Rho Centauri	3.97	342
b		HD 129116, b Centauri	4.01	305
ψ		Psi Centauri	4.05	247
c¹		HD 129456, c¹ Centauri	4.06	205.3
g	2	2 Centauri, V806 Centauri	4.19	177.4	semiregular variable
i	1	1 Centauri	4.23	62.83
n		HD 111968, n Centauri	4.25	155.1
ξ²		Xi2 Centauri	4.27	412
j		HD 102776, j Centauri	4.30	459	Gamma Cassiopeiae variable
v		v Centauri	4.30	1190
k	3	3 Centauri, V983 Centauri	4.32	298	double star, component magnitudes 4.56, 6.06 possible eclipsing binary
e		HD 111915, e Centauri	4.33	303
υ²		Upsilon2 Centauri	4.34	448
χ		Chi Centauri	4.36	446	Beta Cephei variable
a		V761 Centauri, a Centauri	4.41	419	SX Arietis variable
B		B Centauri	4.47	464
m		HD 116243, m Centauri	4.52	257
J		J Centauri, V790 Centauri	4.52	355	Beta Cephei variable
A		A Centauri	4.62	463
l		l Centauri	4.63	355
M		M Centauri	4.64	257
w		w Centauri	4.66	188.4
f		HD 113703, f Centauri	4.71	414
h	4	4 Centauri	4.75	670
G		G Centauri	4.82	400
ξ¹		Xi1 Centauri	4.83	217.9
p		p Centauri	4.90	389
c²		HD 129685, c² Centauri	4.92	207.0
Q		Q Centauri	4.99	271	binary star, component magnitudes +5.7, +7.1
F		F Centauri	5.01	381
K		K Centauri	5.04	504
ο¹		Omicron1 Centauri	5.07	3200	semiregular variable
r		HD 115310, r Centauri	5.10	247
ο²		Omicron2 Centauri	5.12	3400	Alpha Cygni variable
z		z Centauri	5.15	429
H		H Centauri, V945 Centauri	5.17
C²		C2 Centauri	5.26	189.2
N		N Centauri	5.26	363
D		D Centauri	5.31	566	binary star, component magnitudes: +5.6, +6.8
x¹		x1 Centauri	5.32
E		E Centauri	5.34	590
u		u Centauri	5.45
C³		C3 Centauri	5.46	363
y		y Centauri	5.53
C¹		C1 Centauri, V763 Centauri	5.64	652	semiregular variable
x²		x2 Centauri	5.71
		HD 117618	7.18		has a planet
		R Centauri	7.18	2100	Mira variable H2O maser
		HD 102117	7.47		has a planet
		BPM 37093	13.96		white dwarf variable
ω		Omega Centauri			globular cluster

Source: The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed., The Hipparcos Catalogue, ESA SP-1200