The status panel gives a quick overview of what is going on in the application at any given point:

It shows the following information:
| • | Acquisition: Indicates wether the acquisition is running or not |
| • | Current Task: The current acquisition task e.g. exposing, downloading |
| • | Elapsed Time: The elapsed time [s] since the beginning of the last exposure |
| • | Exp. Time: The currently used exposure time |
| • | Processing: The image processing status |
| • | File Name: The name of the file currently being processed |
| • | Latest Image: The status and date/time of the last 'Latest Image' save/FTP operation. Appears green if latest image was successfully saved and/or transferred. Turns red if errors have been encountered. Hovering over a red message here will show error information. |
| • | Cooling: Information about camera cooling if enabled |
| • | Camera Temp: The current camera temperature if the camera supports this |
The panel also shows a colour status as follows:
| • | Green -> All Ok |
| • | Red -> The system has stopped due to an error. Clicking on the red indicator will show additional exception information |
