Re: No See'em Galaxy in Virgo

From: Ed T (reply_at_thegroup.thx)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:58:11 GMT

"thor hawlorn" <sawlake-crenthorp0909hawleyborne@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> VIRGO HI 21 is all gas and no light. At least that's what Jodrell Bank,
> Arecibo and a host of astronomers seem to think. Sure we've heard of
> ghost galaxies before, but this time, it looks like it's for real:

Wouldn't a gas cloud with no stars be *simply* a gas cloud? What makes this
a galaxy?

Ed T.