XMM-Newton Data Files Handbook

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3 File formats

The majority of science data are stored in ``Flexible Image Transport System'' (FITS) format, with a few exceptions that are either ASCII or HTML files or in common display formats (e.g., PDF, PNG).

Subsections

3.1 FITS format
3.2 Portable Data Format (PDF)
3.3 Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
3.4 HTML
3.5 ASCII
3.6 Compression

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