[Feature request] - Fits file support for astrophotographers

[sjwastronomer]

Is this feature request related to a problem?

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The more detailed, the better! If another app offers a similar feature, please tell me about it.

Thank you!

If this feature makes it into PhotoDemon, I am happy to add your name to PhotoDemon's contributor list. Please let me know what name (and optional website link) you'd like me to use.

[sjwastronomer]

With Fits file format support PhotoDemon would be even more useful to astrophotographers.

[tannerhelland]

Thank you for this suggestion, @sjwastronomer ! I will start investigating what it would take to add FITS support to PhotoDemon.

[warrengalyen]

@tannerhelland This tool was helpful when writing my own decoder:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/Tools/fitsverifier/fitsverifier.pl