Deadlines

• Pre-registration. Short reports.
  
  For regularly participating countires:
  
  As an obligatory preparing for the application a short report of National Olympiad of the current year has to be presented by the applicating team (see the necessary actual points of the report, its form and examples in the Supplementary Instructions N 10). The report with texts of all problems used during all-national stages (including ones during the possible preparing camps) of the National Olympiad should be done in one of the official languages of the Olympiad (English or Russian). The final minutes (protocols written in Latin or Cyrillic) of the Olympiad (evaluating of solutions of the students participated in the last stage of the Olympiad) should be included as well.
  
  For new participaing countries:
  
  For new participaing countries and the countries, starting their activity at the International Astronomy Olympiad (see the Supplementary Instructions N 3), presenting the short report is optional. Nevertheless, some infromation about the system of the National Olympiads would be helpful for the IAO Committee.
  
  Pre-registration:
  
  
  According to the IAO-regulations the report to be presented 5 weeks before the application.
  Pre-registration is desirable together with the short report.
  According to the information above the regular deadline for receiving the short reports of Nationals Olympiads of the current year (with a set of all problems used on the National Olympiads) is defined as:
  • 13 plus 5 = 18 weeks before the Olympiad (as per the rules):
    June 7, 2014;
  • shifted to 14 weeks before the Olympiad (according to common solution of OAC and LOC):
    July 5, 2014, 24h of local time (UT+6).
  (The first requirement for regular accommodation fees.)
  E-mail for sending the reports.

• Resolution.
  
  
  Not later than in  five  four weeks after receiving the report (later you may find a timetable here) the Chairman of the Olympic Advisory Committee will issue resolution about possibility for the country to send full (or not full) team to the IAO (i.e. solution about the representation quota: according to # 5.2.1. or to # 5.2.2. of the Statutes/Regulations the team may be form). In cases the decision for some team is not clear the Chairman organizes discussion in the Olympic Advisory Committee for the common issue.
  After receiving the resolution ANRAO may send application.

• Applications. Personal data for visas.
  
  
  • For all teams:
    The deadlines for receiving by LOC all application documents, personal data and scans of passports of proposed participants and leaders (maybe with some extra persons for reserve) are:
    • Regular deadline:
      13 weeks before the Olympiad (as per the common rules):
       July 12 , 2014;
    • shifted to 10 weeks before the Olympiad (according to common solution of OAC and LOC):
      August 2, 2014, 24h of local time (UT+6).
    (The second requirement for regular accommodation fees.)
    • Late application deadline:
      9 weeks before the Olympiad:
       August 9 , 2014;
    • shifted to 6 weeks before the Olympiad:
      August 30, 2014, 24h of local time (UT+6).
    (Accommodation fees as per late application.)
    • Very late application deadline:
      To be announced later.
    (Accommodation fees as per very late application.)
    E-mails for sending applications with the data. Please, use both e-mails.

The main points for formation of the teams

National Astronomy Olympic Committees and interested organizations are welcome to ask more about the 19^th International Astronomy Olympiad.

Tentative schedule of the Olympiad

• Saturday, October 11 - Arriving of some teams
• Sunday, October 12 - Day of arrival to Bishkek
• Monday, October 13 - Day of opening ceremony
• Tuesday, October 14 - Day of travel from Bishkek to Cholpon-Ata, rest
• Wednesday, October 15 - Day of the theoretical round
• Thursday, October 16 - Day of the observational round

  Telescope AstroMaster LT 70 AZ will be used at the observational round.

• Friday, October 17 - Rest day, excursions
• Saturday, October 18 - Day of the practical round
• Sunday, October 19 - Day of excursions
• Monday, October 20 - Day of closing ceremony
• Tuesday, October 21 - Day of teams departure

  It will take 4/4,5 hours (day/night time) to travel from Cholpon-Ata to airport.
  So teams should depart from IAO venue 7/7,5 hours before flight departure, and
  for comfortable travel LOC recommends to use flights with departure 13:00 and later.

• Wednesday, October 22 - Departure of some teams

Bishkek and Cholpon-Ata

• Information of Local Organizing Committee in Bishkek

• General information about Bishkek

• General information about Cholpon-Ata

• Accommodation in Bishkek (Oct. 12-14) - Hotel Dostuk in the centre of the city.

• Accommodation in Cholpon-Ata (Oct. 14-21) - Health Resort “Kyrgyzskoye Vzmorie”.

Climate and weather of Bishkek and Cholpon-Ata

• Climate of Bishkek - overview

• Weather forecast for Bishkek that seems to be the most detailed and reliable:

  1-3 days, 3-5 days, 5-7 days, 7-9 days, 12 days, 2 weeks, month

• Past weather in Bishkek (in Russian):

  current month, August 2014, September 2014, October 2014, November 2014

• Geomagnetic forecast for Bishkek:

  1-3 days

Local XIX IAO site - Kyrgyzstan        

Preliminary Web-page of the XIX IAO

Guideline for new participating countries

The International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO) Web-site

Statutes on the Olympiad

Introduction to the IAO

Rules and Regulations for a participant of the Olympiad

The X Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO 2014)

Past four International Astronomy Olympiads