Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Which of these forms of radiation passes most easily through the disk of the Milky Way?

Question: Which of these forms of radiation passes most easily through the disk of the Milky Way?
Answer: Infrared Light
Source: http://www.scienceclarified.com/El-Ex/Electromagnetic-Spectrum.html

What is the typical hydrogen content of stars that are forming right now in the vicinity of the Sun?

Question: What is the typical hydrogen content of stars that are forming right now in the vicinity of the Sun?
Answer: 70% Hydrogen
Source: http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~west/starslife.html

Which part of the galaxy has gas with the hottest average temperature?

Question: Which part of the galaxy has gas with the hottest average temperature?
Answer: The halo
Source: The instruction booklet from the PC version of Halo 2

How do we determine the Milky Way's mass outside the Sun's orbit?

Question: How do we determine the Milky Way's mass outside the Sun's orbit?
Answer: From the orbits of stars and gas clouds orbiting the galactic center at greater distances than the Sun
Source: http://users.zoominternet.net/~matto/M.C.A.S/notes(8).htm



Why do disk stars bob up and down as they orbit the galaxy?

Question: Why do disk stars bob up and down as they orbit the galaxy?
Answer: Because the gravitational pull of other disk stars always pulls them toward the disk
Source: http://
www.bramboroson.com/astro/apr22.html


Where are most of the Milky Way's globular clusters found?

Question: Where are most of the Milky Way's globular clusters found?
Answer: The halo.
Source: Halo 2



Monday, April 14, 2008

Argus VGA DCM099 Drivers (or, the case of the missing D_DCM099.exe file)

Why is it that even the download link on the Argus website doesn't work? Because someone misnamed the file. It can be found at http://www.arguscamera.com/support/drivers/D-DCM099.exe

Also, to get it to work in Vista, just rename the .inf file to any other extension after the install. Your "Dual Mode Camera" should safely install. At least that's what happened with me.

So, this should solve all of your Argus VGA Camera (Vista) driver problems.