Image::ExifTool::FITS(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::FITS(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::FITS - Read Flexible Image Transport System metadata

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains definitions required by Image::ExifTool to read meta information from FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) images.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<https://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits\_standard.html>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"FITS Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-07-15 perl v5.42.2

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Document: Image::ExifTool::FITS(3pm) from exiftool 13.59-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool