Akira Fujii

Akira Fujii (藤井 旭, Fujii Akira; 12 January 1941 – 28 December 2022) was a Japanese astrophotographer and astronomer. PBS has described him as "the world's foremost wide-angle astrophotographer".^[1]

Akira Fujii
Born	(1941-01-12)12 January 1941 Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Died	28 December 2022(2022-12-28) (aged 81)

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.^[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 main-belt asteroid 3872 Akirafujii is named in his honor.^[5]

Fujii died on 28 December 2022, at the age of 81.^[6]