What is the difference between .vicar and .fits?
- Extension
- .vicar
- .fits
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- IAU FITS Working Group
- Description
- Raster image format developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; stores an image that has been taken on a mission by NASA's spacecraft; also contains information that describes the structure and type of data along with a history of processing that has been done to the image.
- Bitmap graphic created in the FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) format, which was originally specified by the International Astronomical Union (IAU); may contain both binary data and ASCII text; used as a standard format for storing astronomical data.
- MIME Type
- image/x-vicar
- image/fits
- Sample
- sample.vicar
- sample.fits
- Wikipedia
- .vicar on Wikipedia
- .fits on Wikipedia