Add FITS format #146
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See JuliaAstro/FITSIO.jl#18
The magic numbers are the long signature
SIMPLE {2 spaces} = {20 spaces} T. At https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000317.shtml#sign also a shorter signature is reported (SIMPLE), but this is non-standard.FITS files are often compressed (e.g. with gzip, fzip), I'm not sure what to do with them. For instance, gzipped files have
.fits.gzextension and the same magic numbers as.gzipfiles, wouldFileIO.jlbe able to handle both generic gzipped files and.fits.gzfiles? However, I don't think this issue is important right now.