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This article is from the Scientific Data Format Information FAQ, by Ilana Stern ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu with numerous contributions by others.

04 Scientific Data Format: FITS

FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is the standard data interchange
and archival format of the worldwide astronomy community. The NOST Standard
and User's Guide, some software, and test files are available from
<URL:ftp://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/fits>.

The site <URL:http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/> has other software and a different
set of test files, and electronic copies of FITS proposals that are under
development or in the international approval process. Archives of the
USENET newsgroups sci.data.formats, sci.astro.fits (which is devoted
to discussion of FITS), and others that are of interest to astronomers can
be found here. This site is also accessible via ftp at
<URL:ftp://fits.cv.nrao.edu/fits>.

The "FITS Support Office" which contains many useful documents and links
to other information, is at
<URL:http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/astro/fits/fits_home.html>.

A WAIS index that can be searched for FITS information is at
<URL:http://info.cern.ch:8001/fits.cv.nrao.edu:210/nrao-fits>.

If you've searched all these resources and still have questions, you
can direct them to fits@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov.

 

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