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IV International Astronomy Olympiad
Crimean Laboratory of SAI MSU and Crimean Astrophysical Observatory,
s. Nauchnyj, September 25 - October 2, 1999.

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The IV-th International Astronomy Olympiad took place on September 25 - October 2, 1999 in the scientific town of Nauchnyj, Republic of Crimea, on a base of Sternberg Astronomical Institute Crimean Laboratory, Crimean Astrophysical Observatory and Crimean "Youth Academy os Sciences" Astronomical Department. 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, Portuguese and Ukrainian). Character of the problems to solve were analogous to ones of the Olympiads 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Common photo of participants, ** kB

States, participaited in the IV IAO: Brazil. Bulgaria. Crimea. India. Moscow land. Russia. Ukraine. observer and jury member from Sweden.

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

Wednesday September 22

Brazilian delegation arrive

Free time

Thursday September 23

Free time

Friday September 24

Indian delegation arrive

Free time

Saturday September 25

Bulgarian, Crimean, Moscow land and Russian delegations arrive

Free time

Sunday September 26

Ukrainian delegation arrive

Official opening ceremony, conference

Lecture about history of Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

Excursion to the main telescopes of CrAO

Unofficial opening ceremony, concert

Welcome party

Concert prepared by schoolchildren of Nauchnyj

Monday September 27

Theoretical round

Sports, walking near Nauchnyj

Sweden delegation arrive

Observational round

Tuesday September 28

Excursion to Sebastopol

Wednesday September 29

Practical round

Sports, walking near Nauchnyj

Thursday September 30

Excursion to Bakhchisaray

Excursion to the main telescopes of Crimean Laboratory of Sternberg Astronomical Institute

Friday October 1

Sweden delegation depart

Excursion to solar telescope of CrAO

Closing ceremony

Final dinner

Saturday October 2

Visit to Katsiveli (Branch of CrAO at the South Cost of Crimea) for Brazilian and Indian delagations

Excursion to radio telescope of CrAO

Sunday October 3

Indian delegation depart

Monday October 4

Brazilian delegation depart

Saturday-Tuesday October 2-5

Autumn astronomical School for Russian language speaking participants (for Bulgarian, Crimean, Moscow land, Russian and Ukrainian delegations)

Wednesday October 6

Bulgarian, Crimean, Moscow land, Russian and Ukrainian delegations depart

Tsvetkov Egor (Novgorod-the-Great, Russia)

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Number of Diploma:
             Team       1...2...3
           Brazil.......-...1...-
           Bulgaria.....1...3...2
           Crimea.......-...-...-
           India........2...3...1
           Moscow land..3...1...2
           Russia.......-...1...6
           Ukraine......-...-...-
           Total........6...9..11

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The 5th International Astronomy Olympiad took place on October 20-27, 2000 at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS) in the North Caucasus.

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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/univer/astro/ioas99_e.html
e-mail: gavrilov@issp.ac.ru
fax: +7-(096-57)-64-111

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