What is the difference between .bpg and .fits?
- Extension
- .bpg
- .fits
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Fabrice Bellard
- IAU FITS Working Group
- Description
- Better Portable Graphics (BPG) image format created to replace the JPEG format; provides the same quality as JPEG images but in a smaller file size; supports lossless compression; natively supports 8 to 14 bits per channel.
- The Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) file format is a digital file format used primarily in astronomy for storing, transmitting, and analyzing scientific images and data. Developed in the late 1970s, FITS was designed to provide a standard for the interchange of astronomical data, facilitating the sharing and analysis of data among astronomers and researchers worldwide.
- MIME Type
- image/x-bpg
- image/fits
- Sample
- sample.bpg
- sample.fits
- Wikipedia
- .bpg on Wikipedia
- .fits on Wikipedia