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Picture of the Week—The Kappa Crucis Cluster, a.k.a. the “Jewel Box”
The Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille was the first to find this cluster of stars in 1751 while on an astronomical expedition to the Cape of Good Hope
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Galileo’s Instruments of Discovery
With these various instruments, Galileo Galilei was able to look into space and change our view of the universe.
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