Akira Fujii (藤井 旭 Fujii Akira, January 12, 1941 in Yamaguchi Prefecture) is a noted Japanese astrophotographer and astronomer. PBS has described him as "the world's foremost wide-angle astrophotographer".[1]
He graduated from Tama Art University in 1961, and began working at observatories, producing a substantial bibliography of general-audience astronomy books.
In 1974, Fujii began Japan's first star party, the "Invitation to Starlit Skies", which he hosted on Mount Azuma until 1984.[2]
Fujii's work is marketed by David Malin;[3] he collaborated with Serge Brunier in the production of 2001's Great Atlas of the Stars.[4]
The asteroid 3872 Akirafujii is named for him.
A portion of the text of this article was based on the equivalent article, 藤井旭, on the Japanese Wikipedia, as of June 22 2011. See article history for list of contributors.