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III International Astronomy Olympiad
SAO RAS, Nizhnij Arkhyz, October, 20-27, 1998.

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The III-rd International Astronomy Olympiad took place on October 20-27, 1998 at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS) in North Caucasus. There were two official languages at the Olympiad - English and Russian. Problems were prepared by the Organizing Committee in these two languages but the team leaders were responsible to translate problems to native languges of participants (i.e. to Bulgarian and Portuguese). Character of the problems to solve were analogous to ones of the Olympiads 1996-1997.

Common photo of participants, 79 kB

States, participaited in the III IAO: Brazil. Bulgaria. India. Moscow Land. Russia. observers from Denmark.

The main points of the programme of the Olympiad were the following:

Monday October 19

Indian and Bulgarian delegations arrive

Tuesday October 20

Excursions to the nearest mountains (for Indian and Bulgarian delegations)

Brasilian, Danish, Moscow land and Russian delegations arrive

Wednesday October 21

Official opening ceremony, conference

Excursion to RATAN-600

Unofficial opening ceremony

Welcome party

Thursday October 22

Theoretical round

Friday October 23

Practical round

Observational round I ("Sun")

Lecture

Excursion to BTA

Observational round II ("Stars")

Saturday October 24

Excursion to historical places near the Observatory

Lectures

Sunday October 25

Excursion to Arkhyz

Closing Ceremony

Monday-Tuesday October 26-27

Delegations depart

Number of Diploma:
             Team       1...2...3
           Brazil.......-...-...1
           Bulgaria.....3...1...1
           India........1...-...3
           Moscow land..1...1...1
           Russia.. ....1...1...4
           Total.... ...6...3..10

Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Chairman of the Coordinating Council
of the International Olympiad of Euro-Asian Astronomical Society,
ISSP of Russ. Acad. Sci., Institute avenue 15, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia.

URL: http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/1998/index_e.html
e-mail: gavrilov@issp.ac.ru
fax: +7-(096-57)-64-111

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