Akira Fujii
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.
External links
- David Ratledge analyzes the "Akira Fujii effect", at Deep-Sky.co.uk,
References
- ↑ About "Seeing in the Dark", by Timothy Ferris; published March 2008; retrieved June 22, 2011
- ↑ The History of Tainai Star Party, by Shigemi Numazawa, first published in Sky and Telescope, July 2002; archived at tainai.jp; retrieved June 22, 2011
- ↑ Astronomical Photographs from David Malin Images, by David Malin; published 30 August 2009; retrieved June 22, 2011
- ↑ Nonfiction Notes at Publishers Weekly, Volume 248 Issue 40 10/01/2001; retrieved June 22, 2011