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ABOUT ME

Shigemi Numazawa

Astronomical Illustrator, Astronomical Photographer
 

Niigata, 950-0916 JAPAN
Born in Sashiawase, Kamihayasi-village, Niigata, April 30, 1958.

 


MEMBERSHIP
RPS (The Royal Photographic Society of JAPAN)
IAAA (International Association of Astronomical Artists)
THE PLANETARY SOCIETY
IPS (International Planetarium Society)
SSP (Society of Scientific Photography)
Astronomical Society of JAPAN

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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