- Extension
- .fits
- .pam
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- IAU FITS Working Group
- Bryan Henderson
- 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.
- The PAM image format is a lowest common denominator 2 dimensional map format. It is designed to be used for any of myriad kinds of graphics, but can theoretically be used for any kind of data that is arranged as a two dimensional rectangular array.
- MIME Type
- image/fits
- image/x-portable-arbitrarymap[3]
