[fitsbits] Re: FITS vs. TIFF (or other image formats)

[Paul Schlyter]

In article <tvgcmimbp20pac at corp.supernews.com>,
Rick Armstrong <careful at times.com> wrote:
 
> 1) Why do astronomers use FITS, instead of just writing huge TIFFs or files
> of some other format?
 
FITS is a general data storage format, not just an image format.  A TIFF
file can only store images -- a FITS file can store any kind of data.
 
Regarding "some other format": which other format were you thinking of?
 
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