FITS


FITS (English Flexible Image Transport System) is an open file format used for scientific images and other images. It is a very common format in astronomy since it allows to include information such as photometric or spatial calibrations.

It was standardized the first time in 1981, until now the latest version is the 3.0 release in 2008. FITS Liberator is a software that manages the FITS standard Usimodifica wikitesto

In addition to being used in astronomy, it is also used by the Vatican Library. Voices correlateemodify wikitesto Links externalize the wikitesto

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