Hello Androcles:

On Apr 23, 1:44*am, "Androcles" wrote:
"Yousuf Khan" wrote in message
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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment |
'Space blob' baffles astronomers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8007844.stm
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Not much in keeping with Hubble red shift, is it?
So which genius determined its distance, age and diameter,
based on what mix of theories?

Probably something like this:
http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.3501

David A. Smith