No, that is where they go after they are taken. Here is a screen shot of the main observing page, I will describe it in detail below the image
This page is only available to members.
at the very top are 4 icons, the important one is the one that looks like a dome observatory, when you click on it you set the Mission Setup and the My Photos tabs.
the Mission setup allows you to schedule any of the slooh scopes for up to 7 days in advance. There are two types of missions (imaging runs) you can do, Standard - where you click on and attach yourself to someone elses mission - it is as if you scheduled it yourself but with less customizing available, i.e. you get the settings they set for their run. The other is ADVANCED, As an apprentice you can schedule a scope using 4 different catalogs (
Messier NGC Caldwell and Bennet), or by Coordinates (
RA/
DEC) anywhere in the visible sky, Constellation (best objects in that constellation) or the SLOOH 1000 - 1000 of the best objects in the sky. You then have 8 different processing schemes you can use to adjust the PNG you get, you also get the RAW FITS files. As an ASTRONOMER level you get 5 of the advanced missions at a time and get to use 15 different catalogs including the
IC, Herschell, the entire SAO catalog and then you have additional processing schemes that include only Lums with two different exposure times.
This screen shows all the Slooh scopes across the top bar they list all the Slooh scopes that you can schedule missions on. However Solar is only for observing not scheduling. When you click on any of the buttons it will take you to that scope and display a dark blue bar showing which scope is active - in this instance it is Solar. If the scope is not active you will get 3 pictures of the observatory including a skycam.
below the scope bar is the CAMERA icon and 6 blank boxes, if you click the camera it will snap a picture of what ever the scope is looking at and put it in the boxes as well as your photo roll. SOLAR ONLY gives PNG's the rest will give you PNG's and FITS files the next day although PNG's are available as soon as the mission ends and you can download them anytime. There is no limit as to how many snaps you can do you could snap missions from every mission on every scope all night long and get a ton of data.
the large box with the sun is where you watch the missions develop and you can see satellite trails appear, ouch, or the wind affect the scope, the first image is a luminence and you can see it start to show up and darken.
to the right of the sun is the name of the scope and then Live/Conditions/scope Live is what is actually showing on the screen and conditions is the temp wind humidity etc and scope is what the scope has just done, like finished red filter etc.
This is the screen where you watch missions in real time.
any other questions feel free to ask them.