Stands for Flexible Image Transport System, and is an image file format widely used by the Astronomical community It's great advantage over more familiar image file formats, is that it can, and often does, contain information about the imaging device used to capture the image, and more importantly, the time, date, and location of the telescope used Additionally, each pixel of a FITS file will often be linked to the Right Ascension and Declination of the portion of the sky imaged Moving a cursor across such a calibrated image enables an astronomer to determine the positions and names of the stars in the filed of view This is particularly important in astrometry
The FITS, or Flexible Image Transport System, was developed by NASA for cross platform transfer of astronomical data Of note is that not all FITS files contain image data The format is also used to transport other data such as tables and matrices
Flexible Image Transport System The standard file format for information exchange in astronomy
A software technology that allows the user to edit very large image files in near real-time by accessing only the image data being edited
The Flexible Image Transport System This is the IAU-endorsed standard scheme for astronomical data interchange It is defined by a series of papers which have appeared in Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement It is not related to any particular implementation in code
(flexible image transport system) A method for saving image data which has become standard in astronomy
Flexible Image Transport System A format for exchange of data, widely used in the astronomical community to top
(Flexible Image Transport System) a magnetic tape data format well-tailored for the transport of image data among observatories See [D C Wells, E W Greisen, and R H Harten, FITS: A flexible image transport system, Astron Astrophys Suppl Ser , 44 (1981) 363-370]
Flexible Image Transport System The most commonly used format format for astronomical image data storage
A format that contains that contains all data used to design and assemble extremely large files in a small, efficient mathematical structure
The Fixed Income Transaction System (FITS) standardizes and automates the processing of transactions in municipal and corporate bonds, and Unit Investment Trusts
(Functional Interpolating Transformation System) A format that contains all data used to design and assemble extremely large files in a small, efficient mathematical structure