UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT

     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) OCTOBER 27, 2004

                            GALAXY ENERGY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           COLORADO                     0-32237                98-0347827
(State or other jurisdiction of      (Commission              (IRS Employer
        incorporation)               File Number)          Identification No.)

              1331 - 17TH STREET, SUITE 730, DENVER, COLORADO 80202
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (303) 293-2300

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 2.03    CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN
             OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT

On October 27, 2004, Galaxy Energy Corporation  ("Galaxy") issued Senior Secured
Convertible Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000,  This was the
second  tranche of a financing  pursuant to a Securities  Purchase  Agreement of
August 19, 2004 with several accredited  investors (the  "Investors"),  in which
Galaxy agreed to sell, and the Investors agreed to purchase in the aggregate, up
to  $20,000,000  principal  amount  of  Senior  Secured  Convertible  Notes  and
three-year  warrants to purchase  5,194,806  shares of common stock at $1.54 per
share.  The first  tranche of the  financing  for  $15,000,000  was completed on
August 19,  2004.  The notes are  secured by a security  interest  in all of the
assets of Galaxy and its subsidiaries. The notes may be converted by the holders
into shares of common stock at a price of $1.87 per share.

Galaxy will use the net  proceeds  from the  financing  for its coal bed methane
development program in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming.

Galaxy has filed a  registration  statement  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  in  order  to  register  the  resale  of the  shares  issuable  upon
conversion of the notes and the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants.

This summary  description of the financing  described by the agreements does not
purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form
of the agreements and other  documents that were filed as Exhibits to a Form 8-K
filed August 20, 2004.


ITEM 9.01    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Exhibits:

REGULATION
S-B NUMBER                            DOCUMENT

  10.1          Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 19, 2004 between
                Galaxy Energy Corporation and the Buyers named therein*

  10.2          Form of Initial Note*

  10.3          Form of Conditional Note*

  10.4          Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant*

  10.5          Registration Rights Agreement dated August 19, 2004 between
                Galaxy Energy Corporation and the Buyers named therein*


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REGULATION
S-B NUMBER                            DOCUMENT

  10.6          Security Agreement dated August 19, 2004 among Galaxy Energy
                Corporation, Dolphin Energy Corporation, and Pannonian
                International, Ltd. and Promethean Asset Management L.L.C. a
                Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as
                collateral agent for the Lender*

  10.7          Guaranty dated August 19, 2004 by Dolphin Energy Corporation and
                Pannonian International, Ltd. in favor of Promethean Asset
                Management L.L.C. in its own behalf and in its capacity as agent
                for the benefit of the Buyers*

  10.8          Form of Mortgage*

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* Filed as exhibits to the registrant's current report on Form 8-K, filed August
  20, 2004.


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                      GALAXY ENERGY CORPORATION


October 27, 2004                      By:  /s/ MARC E. BRUNER
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                                            Marc E. Bruner, President
















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