Brenski — that “Save as type:
Astronomical Image” text is coming from
Windows’ file-type registration for the .JPG/.JPEG extensions, not from the website. In other words, something on the PC has (accidentally or intentionally) changed what Windows
calls a
.jpeg file, so the common file dialog is now showing that label.
The good news: it’s usually just a
file association / ProgID mix-up and is easy to reset.
Fix (recommended): Reset the default app for .JPG / .JPEG
- Settings → Apps → Default apps
- In the search box, type .jpg
- Click the current default, set it to Photos (or your preferred viewer)
- Do the same for:
- .jpeg
- (optionally) .png, .webp, .jfif
- Close all browser windows and try “Save image as…” again.
Also in
Settings → Apps → Default apps, there’s a
Reset button (“Reset all default apps”) — that can fix it quickly if multiple image extensions got changed at once.
Quick confirmation (to prove it’s the Windows association)
Open File Explorer and find any
.jpeg you already have on disk, then enable the
Type column (Details view). If it also says
Astronomical Image, that confirms it’s the system-wide
.jpeg file type description.
If it immediately “changes back” again
That usually means a program is re-registering the extension (often image software, camera/RAW tools, or specialty viewers). If you tell me:
- which browser you’re using (Edge/Chrome/Firefox),
- and whether you installed/updated any image/astro/camera software recently,
…I can help you identify the likely culprit and stop it from taking over the associations.
If you want, I can also give you a couple of safe command-line checks (
assoc /
ftype) to show exactly what
.jpeg is currently mapped to on your system.