SBIG CCDOPS image

File Format
Name	SBIG CCDOPS image
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics SBIG CCDOPS image
Extension(s)	.sbig

SBIG CCDOPS image is a raster image file format produced by the CCDOPS software associated with SBIG CCD astronomical cameras. SBIG stands for Santa Barbara Instrument Group.

Images are 16-bit grayscale, and use a custom compression scheme based on delta encoding.

[Ed. note: This article needs expansion, to explain different versions, and file extensions like .st4, .st7, .stx...]

Specifications

• SBIG Type 3 Image File Format Application Note

Software

• Netpbm: sbigtopgm
• SBIG Software
• SBIG Software Archive

Links

• SBIG web site