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International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO)
The International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO) is
an annual astronomy competition for high-school students.
It is one of the
International Science Olympiads.
It was founded on June 7, 1996, by the
Euro-Asian Astronomical
Society.
According to the Founding Statutes of the IAO (see below),
it is held every year, sometime in the period from September to December,
in one of the astronomical centres of the IAO member-states.
School children of several age groups take part in the IAO.
Important note for interested participants:
According to the Statutes of the IAO, in the case of absence
of a National team from a state, the regions, cities and towns of
this state are responsible (by a permit of the Coordinating Council)
to take part in the IAO.
A list of recommended astronomy literature for
self-study is contemplated.
Official IAO Home Page, Regulations
- IAO Home Page
- This is the official WWW home page of the IAO.
Contact persons:
Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov
(gavrilov@issp.ac.ru) and
Anders Västerberg
(anders@astro.su.se).
Future IAOs
- 10th IAO
(2005)
- 11th IAO
(2006)
According to the Statutes of the IAO
the competitors will be divided into two age groups:
grades 8-10 (15-16 years old) and grades 11-12 (17-18 years old).
Official languages of the IAO are English and Russian.
The competition problems will be prepared by the Organizing Committee
in these two languages
and the leaders are responsible for translating them to the native
languges of participants.
The character of the problems to solve will be analogous to
the past problems of IAO.
Past IAOs
- 9th IAO
(2004)
- 8th IAO
(2003)
- 7th IAO
(2002)
- 6th IAO
(2001)
- 5th IAO
(2000)
- The 5 IAO
will be hosted by the Russian Federation at the
Special Astrophysical Observatory
of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS) in Nizhnij Arkhyz
near Zelenchukskaja, North Caucasus, on October 20-26, 1998.
- 4th IAO
(1999)
- The 4th IAO
was hosted at the
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
in s. Nauchnyj, Republic of Crimea, on September 25 - October 2, 1999.
- 3rd IAO
(1998)
- The 3rd IAO
was hosted by the Russian Federation at the
Special Astrophysical Observatory
of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS) in Nizhnij Arkhyz
near Zelenchukskaja, North Caucasus, in October, 2000.
- 2nd IAO
(1997)
- The 2nd IAO
was hosted by the Russian Federation at the
Russian State Research Centre
Special Astrophysical Observatory
of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS) in Nizhnij Arkhyz
near Zelenchukskaja, North Caucasus, on October 22-28, 1997.
- 1st
(Experimental) IAO
(1996)
- The 1st
(Experimental) IAO
was hosted by the Russian Federation in at the
Russian State Research Centre
Special Astrophysical Observatory
in Nizhnij Arkyz near Zelenchukskaja, North Caucasus, on November 1-8, 1996.
Astronomy On-Line article
about the first IAO.
Regional Astronomy Competitions
National Astronomy Competitions
- Brazil
- Information (in Portuguese) about the
National Astronomy Olympiad in Brazil.
- Russia
- Information on the
Russian
Olympiad on Astronomy and Cosmic Physics.
Contact persons:
Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov
(gavrilov@issp.ac.ru) and
Prof. Anatoly V. Zasov
(zasov@sai.msu.su).
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