June 2014
Beginner to intermediate
240 pages
11h 28m
English
This appendix provides a discussion of the formats commonly used in astronomy and basic operations that any astronomical software is able to apply. You can find additional information in many books about digital photography.
All of the information contained in an image is stored in a file. Each of the many ways to organize the parameter and pixel data inside the file is called a format. Each format has its advantages and disadvantages and is used for a particular purpose.
TIFF stands for Tagged Image File Format, and along with JPEG, is one of the most used photographic formats. Its structure is simple: It is a sequence of numbers that represent the digital values ...
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