was a Japanese astrophotographer and astronomer. PBS has described him as "the world's foremost wide-angle astrophotographer".About "Seeing in the Dark", by Timothy Ferris; published March 2008; retrieved 22 June 2011
Fujii 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.The History of Tainai Star Party, by Shigemi Numazawa, first published in Sky and Telescope, July 2002; archived at tainai.jp; retrieved 22 June 2011
Fujii's work is marketed by David Malin;Astronomical Photographs from David Malin Images, by David Malin; published 30 August 2009; retrieved 22 June 2011 he collaborated with Serge Brunier in the production of 2001's Great Atlas of the Stars.Nonfiction Notes at Publishers Weekly, Volume 248 Issue 40 10 January 2001; retrieved 22 June 2011
The main-belt asteroid 3872 Akirafujii is named in his honor.
Fujii died on 28 December 2022, at the age of 81.
References
External links David Ratledge analyzes the "Akira Fujii effect", at Deep-Sky.co.uk