SMSS J114447.77−430859.3 or J1144 or J1144−4308 is a very bright (unbeamed) quasar and a supermassive black hole, that appears from Earth to be in the constellation Centaurus at RA 11h44m and Declination –43, near the Southern Cross (Crux). The SkyMapper Southern Survey (SMSS) was used to ascertain its spectral properties.