Re: No See'em Galaxy in Virgo

From: james (george_at_washington.edu)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:58:10 GMT

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:58:11 GMT, "Ed T" <reply@thegroup.thx> wrote:

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>"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.
>
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Maybe it is spinning?

I still wonder why it is not simply a gas cloud myself?

james