What is the difference between .png8 and .fits?
- Extension
- .png8
- .fits
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- PNG Working Group
- IAU FITS Working Group
- Description
- A PNG file is an image file stored in the Portable Network Graphic (PNG) format. It contains a bitmap of indexed colors and uses lossless compression, similar to a .GIF file but without copyright limitations. PNG files are commonly used to store graphics for web images.
- 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/png
- image/fits
- Sample
- sample.png8
- sample.fits
- Wikipedia
- .png8 on Wikipedia
- .fits on Wikipedia