FITS

GPTKB entity

Statements (67)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf file format
gptkbp:accessibleBy gptkb:Astropy
gptkb:IRAF
gptkb:Aladin
gptkb:DS9
gptkb:FITS_Liberator
gptkb:MaxIm_DL
gptkb:SAOImage
Fv
GIMP (with plugin)
Photoshop (with plugin)
gptkbp:commonIn astronomer
observatories
space agencies
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:fileExtension .fit
.fits
.fts
gptkbp:firstReleased 1981
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Flexible_Image_Transport_System
gptkbp:headerFormat ASCII
gptkbp:headerKeywordLength 8 characters
gptkbp:headerValueLength 68 characters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label FITS
gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion 2016
4.0
gptkbp:specifies gptkb:NASA/Science_Office_of_Standards_and_Technology
gptkbp:standardizedBy gptkb:International_Astronomical_Union
true
gptkbp:supports gptkb:World_Coordinate_System_(WCS)
compression
headers
metadata
data integrity checks
ASCII tables
binary tables
multi-dimensional data arrays
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Herschel_Space_Observatory
gptkb:Keck_Observatory
gptkb:Spitzer_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Gaia_mission
gptkb:LSST
gptkb:European_Southern_Observatory
gptkb:Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey
gptkb:ROSAT
gptkb:Swift_Observatory
gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkb:James_Webb_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Fermi_Gamma-ray_Space_Telescope
gptkb:NICER
gptkb:NuSTAR
gptkb:Planck_mission
gptkb:SOFIA
gptkb:WISE
gptkb:TESS
gptkb:VLT
gptkb:ALMA
gptkb:INTEGRAL
gptkb:XMM-Newton
gptkbp:usedFor storing scientific data tables
storing scientific images
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Spiel_des_Jahres_2009
gptkb:NVSS
gptkb:Gaia_EDR3
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5