Shigemi Numazawa

EDUCATION 
Finished Tokyo Design Academy, Tokyo.
-----------------------Majors; Architecture March 1978
-----------------------Perthpective (night school) March 1979
Graduated from Murakami High School, Murakami, Niigata, March, 1976
 

EXPERIENCE 
Established Japan Planetarium Laboratory; 1984, and have since been 
-----------------------working on astronomical photographs + illustrations, illustrations for 
-----------------------planetarium use, magazine articles, books, and TV programs. Supply images 
-----------------------of comets and the corona of the Sun to universities and research 

 

organizations.
-----------------------Niigata Postal Savings Hall Planetarium, Niigata, 1980-1984 director
-----------------------Miyahashi Architecture office, Tokyo, 1979-1980 Assistant

 

2004 : I received the Minister of the Environment Award

 

 

 

MAJOR WORKS
Planetarium programs;
-----------------------at the Postal Savings Hall Planetarium : 50 pcs. etc.

Illustrations for planetariums ;
-----------------------for GOTO OPTICAL MGF., CO : more than 1,000 pcs.

Posters / pamphlets for companies;
-----------------------SONY, TOSHIBA, SANYO, TOYOTA, HITACHI,KDD, 
-----------------------ANRITSU, TAISEI, ASAHI OPTICAL CO. , NATIONAL 
-----------------------HORSE RACING, NIIGATA PREFECTURAL OFFICE, etc.

Participated in the NHK-TV's special science program ( photographing, videotaping, special effects etc.)
-----------------------"A GALACTIC ODYSSEY" ( 1990, a series of 8 installments ) ; took charge of 
-----------------------"Stay at Las Campanas Obs." 1989 for 2 month 
-----------------------"A collision of Jupter and Comet SL-9" 1994 at Ishigakizima-isl.
-----------------------"Stay at Maunakea obs." 10 times until 1999
-----------------------"Total Solar Eclips & Comet HB in Mongolia" 1997
-----------------------"SUBARU First Light" 1999
-----------------------"Stay at Siding Spring Obs." 1999

-----------------------"live broadcast project of the total solar eclipse from Antarctica" 2003
-----------------------"The total solar eclipse photography project in JAPAN" 2010

-----------------------"Annular solar eclipse photography project in Monument Valley" 2012

 

write articles + produce reports monthly 
-----------------------for the astronomical magazine "Tenmon-Guide" "Hoshi-navi" etc.

Plan + manage the annual nation-wide event ;
-----------------------"Tainai Star Party" 1984~
-----------------------"Yunotani Star Party" 1998~2004

Developed + introduced the new image processing method ;
-----------------------"SUM" of the corona of the sun, 1991. ( Published in "Sky & Telescope" Dec. '91 issue)
-----------------------" Composing method of video images", 1988. ( Published in "Sky & Telescope" Feb. '92 issue )

 

Exhibition;
-----------------------at the AMERICAN MUSEUM of NATURAL HISTORY, 1992~93.
-----------------------at FUJI PHOTOSALON Proffesional Space, 1993.
-----------------------at department store ISETAN in Niigata, 1993. 

-----------------------at Canon S-tower open gallery, 2009.  etc.

 

Illustrated for a poster and a background for STAR TREK DEEP SPACE9, 1992 

Serialization for newspaper; "Astronomical travel piece of Niigata" every Sunday for 3 years 

Regular program on radio; "Did You Watch A Night Sky?" evary Tuesday for 10 years
 

MAJOR WRITINGS

Making of Planetarium Slide-----------------------(GOTO Optical co. mfg.) 1983
Tequnic in Astronomicai Photography--------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 1987
A Galactic Odyssey -------------------------------(Japan Broadcasting Association) 7 Voliumes 1990
Watching The Beautiful Starry Sky-----------------(Japan Broadcasting Association) 1991 
How to Take Astronomical Photographs------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 1987 
Constellations------------------------------------(Natsume Publishing)1992
Illustrated book All Celestial Constellations --------(Shufunotomo Campany) 1992 
THE DEEP SKY-------------------------------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing)
Space Cluse--------------------------------------(Ascii) 1994
DEEP SPACE --------------------------------------(Creo) 1995
Fascinating Our Solar System----------------------(NHK & PIONEER) 1995 HiVision Laser Disk
15billion light-years Galactic journey---------------(NHK & PIONEER) 1995 HiVision Laser Disk 
20th century of Stars ----------------------------(NHK & PIONEER) 1995 HiVision Laser Disk
Constellation Mythology Club ----------------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 1996 
Constellatio Club----------------------------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 1996
Night Sky Guid Book-------------------------------(Natsume Publishing) 1996
Astronomical Photograph Club ---------------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 1996 
HST Hubble Space Telescope`s Deep Space---------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 1997
HST Hubble Space Telescope`s Deep Space 2-------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 1999
The SUBARU Telescope----------------------------(Jinrui Bunka Publishing) 1999
The Solar System --------------------------------(Synforest) 1999 CDROM
Hubble Space Telescope --------------------------(Synforest) 1999 CDROM
Galaxies------------------------------------------(Synforest) 2000 CDROM
Night Sky Hand Book------------------------------(Natsume Publishing) 2000
A Microscope Guide-------------------------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2000
Space Craft---------------------------------------(Synforest) 2002 CDROM
Dictionary of Space-------------------------------(Natsume Publishing) 2004
An illustrated book of Astronomy------------------(Shogakukan) 2004
Constellation Mythology Guide Book----------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2005
Constellation Guide Book--------------------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2005
Constellation and Mythology-----------------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2006
Dictionary of Constellation------------------------(Natsume Publishing) 2007
The Space----------------------------------------(Seibido Publishing) 2007
GALAXY-------------------------------------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2008
Night Sky Watching-------------------------------(Shinsei Publishing) 2008

Astronomical travel piece of Niigata----------------(Nojima publishing) 2008年11月
Bigbang and Black hole----------------------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2009
NGC/IC photographic catalogue---------------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2009
Great cosmic scale--------------------------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2009
A virtual planetarium-DVD-------------------------(Synforest) 2010
Hubble Space Telescope Visual space book---------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2010
A virtual planetarium-Blu-ray----------------------(Synforest) 2010
How to take night sky-----------------------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2011
Space watching-----------------------------------(Shinsei Publishing) 2011
Mysterious elucidation of the space by HST---------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2011
Astronomical observation for beginner-------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2012
Perfect guide book of the annular eclipse----------(Seibido Publishing) 2012
Space observation illustrated book-----------------(Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing) 2012
Astronomical event special guide-------------------(Seibido Publishing) 2013
The various astronomical objects------------------(Gijutsuhyoronsya Publishing) 2013
Observation guide of the comet ISON---------------(Seibido Publishing) 2013
Dictionary of Space2------------------------------(Natsume Publishing) 2014
 

MAIN AGENT
Atlas Photo Bank ----www.atlasphoto.com ---atlas@atlasphoto.com
 

LOCAL AGENT
ASTROFOTO(Europa)
CIEL ESPACE(France)
HONG KONG PHOTO LIFE(Hong Cong)
FINE PHOTO AGENCY(Korea)



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