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Large bright constellation of the southern
hemisphere, represented as a centaur. It
contains the closest star to the Sun, Proxima
Centauri. Omega Centauri, the largest and
brightest globular cluster of stars in the
sky, is 16,000 light years away. Centaurus A,
a peculiar galaxy 15 million light years
away, is a strong source of radio waves and
X-rays.