What is the difference between .fits and .pbm?
- Extension
- .fits
- .pbm
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- IAU FITS Working Group
- Wolfgang Hoschek
- 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.
- 1-bit black and white image; formatted in text format; basic raster image format in which each pixel is represented by a byte that contains a 1 or 0; 1 represents black and 0 represents white pixels.
- MIME Type
- image/fits
- image/x-portable-bitmap
- Sample
- sample.fits
- sample.pbm
- Wikipedia
- .fits on Wikipedia
- .pbm on Wikipedia