- Extension
- .fits
- .xbm
- Format
- Binary
- Text
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- IAU FITS Working Group
- The X Consortium
- 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.
- Bitmap image used by the X Window System (X11), a graphical user interface (GUI) used to manage networked client-server computers; stores a monochrome image that is written as plain text in the C programming language.
- MIME Type
- image/fits
- image/x-xbitmap
