FITS: A Remarkable Achievement in Information Exchange

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Mar 2003

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Information Handling in Astronomy - Historical Vistas. Edited by André Heck, Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, France. Astrop

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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The FITS format is a remarkable achievement in information handling and sharing. Astronomy is alone among the sciences in having an international data interchange format that is used by virtually all scientists and institutions in the field. The technical and sociological reasons for this success are discussed and a few of the many remarkable scientific results made possible by this information handling are described.

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