FITS, the Flexible Image Transport System, is the standard astron data format endorsed by NASA and the IAU. It is a raster format designed to store scientific data sets, which consist of multi-dimensional arrays and 2-dimensional tables. The FITS format was developed by NASA and is supported by XnView and fv Desktop Manager. The default extensions used by this format are: FIT, FTS and FITS.
The file format supports multi-page files.
File constants associated with this file format are:
|
Constant |
Write Support |
Description |
|
FILE_FIT |
8 BPP (unsigned binary integer - gray) |
[295] Flexible Image Transport System. |
Required DLL: LFFIT. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, refer to ePrint Files.