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Flexible Image Transport System

file format
Place file_format Q1428303

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
file format
Official website
fits.gsfc.nasa.gov[10]
More facts +8
Publication date
1981[9]
Described by source
RFC 4047: MIME Sub-type Registrations for Flexible Image Transport System (FITS)[16]
Different from
FIT file[17]
File extension
fits, fit, fts[13][14][15]
File format identification pattern
53494D504C4520203D202020202020202020202020202020202020202054[18]
Media type
application/fits, image/fits[11][12]
P14541
3NGhFs[19]
Software version identifier
4.0, 3.0, 2.1b, NOST 100-2.0, NOST 100-1.2, NOST 100-1.1, NOST 100-1.0[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
🏷️ Also known as
en .fit en .fits en FITS en Flexible Image Transport System en .fts cs Flexible Image Transport System es Flexible Image Transport System fa سیستم قابل تنظیم انتقال تصویر fr FITS fr Flexible image transfer system pl Flexible Image Transport System ru Flexible Image Transport System zh Fits
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Described at URL
fits.gsfc.nasa.gov
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
115374
File Format Wiki page ID
Flexible_Image_Transport_System
Freebase ID
/m/01dnrc
Library of Congress Format Description Document ID
fdd000317
PRONOM file format ID
x-fmt/383
Stack Exchange tag
stackoverflow.com

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← Readable file format 14
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← Writable file format 3
Mathematica, KStars, GIMP 2.0.2
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Summary

Flexible Image Transport System is a file format[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. fits.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . RFC 4047: MIME Sub-type Registrations for Flexible Image Transport System (FITS). iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . RFC 4047: MIME Sub-type Registrations for Flexible Image Transport System (FITS). iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Gary Kessler's File Signature Table. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3NGhFs
    Instance of → file format
    Website → —
    Described by source → RFC 4047: MIME Sub-type Registrations for Flexible Image Transport System (FITS)
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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