Astronomy Olympiad: Preparation

The International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) is an annual astrophysics competition for high school students. Each national delegation is made up of at most five student competitors plus two leaders, selected on a national level.

International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics : Preparation 

• Syllabus of International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

• Useful Formulas for Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad

• Useful Formulas for "Spherical Astronomy" for Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad [Short Note II]

• Astronomy Olympiad Books (Latest)

Astronomy Textbooks

• "Fundamental Astronomy" by H. Karttunen, P. Kröger, H. Oja, M. Poutanen, Karl J. Donner

• "Astronomy: Principles and Practice" by A.E Roy and D. Clarke

• "Astronomy: Structure of the Universe" by A.E Roy and D. Clarke

• "The Physical Universe" by Frank Shu

• "An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics" by Bradley W. Carrol and Dale A. Ostile

• "Astronomy: A Physical Perspective" by Marc L. Kutner

• "Schaum’s Outline of Astronomy" by Stacey Palen

• "Universe" by Roger A. Freedman and William J. Kaufmann III

Physics Textbooks 

• "Fundamentals of Physics" by Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker, David Halliday

• "An Introduction to Mechanics" by Kleppner and Kolenkow

• "Physics" by John D. Cutnell, Kenneth W. Johnson

Observational Textbooks and Software

• Stellarium

• Useful Practical & Observational Skills for Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad [Short Note III]

• Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas

Past Papers

• International Astronomy Olympiad Problems with Solutions (2011-2014)

• Russian Open School Astronomical Olympiad by Correspondence Problems with Solutions (2005-2008)

• Indian National Astronomy Olympiad Problems with Solutions (2008-2014)

• Srilankan Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad Problems with Solutions (2007-2011)

• Romanian Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics Problems (2014)

• United States Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad Problems (2014)

• Bangladesh Astronomy Olympiad Problems

• "Astronomical Olympiad Problems" by V.G Surdin

• Proceedings of 3rd International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics

• Proceedings of 4th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics

Skills needed for Observational and Data Analysis Test

• How to search planets around

• About 40-50 constellations

• About 100-150 bright stars and their Bayer designation

• Positions of 40 easier "M" objects

• How to Measure Angle in the Sky

• How to Estimate Magnitude

• Exact Path of Ecliptic

• Errors and their Estimation

• Graph Plotting Techniques

Special Video Lectures and Notes

• Spherical Astronomy

• Doppler Effect

• "Physics I: Classical Mechanics" by Prof. Walter Lewin

• "Introduction to Astronomy" by Prof. Ronen Plesser

• HyperPhysics

• Useful Astronomy Links

Astronomy Olympiad Required Textbook Download Links

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics. 

Since the National Astronomy Olympiad is coming up and there's been several complaints regarding the paucity of this amazing astronomy textbook, I've uploaded the book in the Dropbox.  It's in a DjView format. If you don't have a DjViewer, then please download this software into your computer first: WinDjView.

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics reflects the dramatic changes and advancements in astrophysics that have occurred over the past decade. This is an excellent textbook introducing all the essentials of modern astrophysics, in a clear and systematic way. The book is much more theoretical and full to the brim with useful equations, facts, theorems, definitions, lots of worked examples, plenty of problems to challenge you.  This book is also an excellent support to prepare for the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics. 

Download Link:  An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics by Carroll & Ostile.

A Student's Guide to the Mathematics of Astronomy. 

This is an amazing book for the the beginners of Astronomy, written by by Daniel Fleisch and Julia Kregenow.  The authors have addressed the topics that students find most troublesome, ranging from stars and light to gravity and black holes. This book contains dozens of fully worked examples and over 150 exercises and homework problems. 

An accompanying website features a host of supporting materials, including interactive solutions for every exercise and problem in the text and a series of video podcasts in which the authors explain the important concepts of every section of the book.
To download the book, click here. 

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