- Extension
- .fits
- .hrz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- IAU FITS Working Group
- Slow Scan Television Group
- Description
- 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.
- This is the display format associated with the broadcast of slow-scan television. This legacy format was used to transmit a static image given limited bandwidth through the use of specialized software.
- MIME Type
- image/fits
- image/x-pict
