The points are analogous to ones for the 4 th , 5 th , 6 th and 7 th Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiads . ... National Astronomy Olympic Committees and interested organizations are welcome to ask more about the 8 th APAO and in 2012 may form the teams for the 17 th IAO as well as for the 8 th APAO. The official APAO e-mail is a p a o [a] l i s t . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) . ... e-mail: gavrilov@issp.ac.ru . ...