Weatherday: They aren't just clouds of gas

Sailing boats moored at Geneva (2005).

A cloudy start with some patchy drizzle. More rain moving in from he south through the afternoon, will be heavy at times.

Local temperatures up to 12deg in moderate winds from the south which will freshen later.

On this day in 1924 astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced the existence of other galactic systems at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

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