Third announcement
        September 2014

• Founding of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO)
  
  
• Past Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiads
  The 1^st APAO, Irkutsk (Siberia, Russia), December 4-11, 2005.
  The 2^nd APAO, Vladivostok (Far East, Russia), December 4-11, 2006.
  The 3^rd APAO, Xiamen (South-East China), November 21-29, 2007.
  The 4^th APAO, Bishkek (Kirgizia), November 16-23, 2008.
  The 5^th APAO, Damyang (South Korea), October 7-14, 2009.
  The 6^th APAO, Karubaga (Papua, East Indonesia), November 24 - December 5, 2010.
  The 7^th APAO, Aktyubinsk (West Kazakhstan), November 7-15, 2011.
  The 8^th APAO, Cox's Bazar (South-East Bangladesh), November 26 - December 4, 2012.
  The 9^th APAO, Tomohon (North Sulawesi, Indonesia), November 23 - December 2, 2013.
  
  
• The main points for formation of the teams
  
  
• Guideline for new participating countries
  
  
• Dates, deadlines and applications
  
  
• The tentative programme
  
  
• Accommodation expenses
  
  
• The next Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad
  
  
• The International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO)

The main points for formation of the teams

Published in the 2^nd announcement.

Dates, deadlines and applications

The X Asian-Pacific will be organised on November 24 - December 2, 2014.

Details are published in the 2^nd announcement.

The tentative programme of the Olympiad

• Monday, November 24
  Delegations arrival
• Tuesday, November 25
  City Irkutsk excursion
  Opening ceremony
  Welcome party
  Teams presentations
• Wednesday, November 26
  Theoretical round
  Lecture
  Sky observations
• Thursday, November 27
  Listvyanka excursion
  Shopping
  Observational round
• Friday, November 28
  Excursion
  Lecture
• Saturday, November 29
  Practical round
  Excursion
• Sunday, November 30
  Excursion
• Monday, December 1
  Closing ceremony
  Walking
• Tuesday, December 2
  Delegations departure

Organizing Committee

• Chairman of LOC:     Prof. Sergey Yazev
  
  
• LOC e-mail:     S Y a z e v [a] g m a i l . c o m
  
  
• LOC address:     664003 Irkutsk, Karl Marx str., 1,
                              Irkutsk State University, Astronomical Observatory
  
  
• The official APAO e-mail:     a p a o [a] l i s t . r u

Venue, climate, weather

To be published.

Babr with telescope - symbol of the Olympiad

Babr, Babr with telescope.

Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO)
ISSP of Russ. Acad. Sci., Institute street 2, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia.

URL: http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/apao/2014/
e-mail: gavrilov@issp.ac.ru
fax: + 7-(496-52)-28-160