# perldoc > Image::ExifTool::FITS

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## Quick Reference

- `Image::ExifTool::FITS` — module providing FITS metadata definitions for ExifTool

## Name

Read Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) metadata

## Synopsis

This module is used by `Image::ExifTool` to read FITS metadata.

## Description

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

## References

- [FITS Standard](https://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_standard.html)

## See Also

- "FITS Tags" in `Image::ExifTool::TagNames`
- `Image::ExifTool` (3pm)

## Author

Copyright 2003-2022, 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.