What is the difference between .sun and .fits?
- Extension
- .sun
- .fits
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Sun Microsystems
- IAU FITS Working Group
- Description
- Bitmap image generated by a Sun Microsystems workstation; native graphic format used by the Sun Unix operating system; uses a standard image format that can be read by several graphics programs.
- 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/x-sun-raster
- image/fits
- Sample
- sample.sun
- sample.fits
- Wikipedia
- .sun on Wikipedia
- .fits on Wikipedia