  We present results from the analysis of a BeppoSAX observation of the
Centaurus Cluster. The radial metal abundance profile shows evidence of a large
enhancement in the core, where Ab $>$ 1 (sol. units). The temperature map
indicates that the cluster is characterized by a gradient oriented in the NW/SE
direction, with cooler gas in the NW and hotter gas in the SE (\Delta kT \sim 1
keV). In hard X-rays, where the PDS detects emission with a flux of $2.2 \times
10^{-11}$ erg/cm^2/s in the 20-200 keV band, the spectrum lies above the
extrapolation of the cluster thermal emission. We discuss several possible
interpretations for the hard excess finding that none is completely
satisfactory.
