.. index:: FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) .. index:: .fits FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) =============================================================================== Extensions: .fits Developer: `National Radio Astronomy Observatory `_ **Support** BSD-licensed: |yes| Export: |no| Officially Supported Versions: Reader: FitsReader (:bsd-reader:`Source Code `, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields `) We currently have: * a `FITS specification document `_ (NOST 100-2.0, from 1999 March 29, in HTML) * several FITS datasets We would like to have: **Ratings** Pixels: |Very good| Metadata: |Fair| Openness: |Very good| Presence: |Good| Utility: |Fair| **Additional Information** .. seealso:: `MAST:FITS homepage `_ `FITS Support Office `_