{"id":1344,"date":"2018-11-21T22:45:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T22:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2019-01-18T16:01:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T16:01:52","slug":"12th-international-olympiad-on-astronomy-and-astrophysics-ioaa-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/12th-international-olympiad-on-astronomy-and-astrophysics-ioaa-in-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"12th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from the talk that Charles Barclay FRAS (far-right in picture) gave at the FAS 2018 AGM &amp; Convention in York we can report that the UK team has returned from the 10 day long 12th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in Beijing having won 2 Silver medals and 2 Honourable Mentions. The competition was particularly tough (one 5 hour theory paper, one 5 hour Data-Analysis and a one hour Observational paper) and we are delighted with the result from this young team of five 17 year olds (two from state school and 3 independent school) led by Charles and Dr Alex Calverley FRAS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1150824.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1343 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1150824-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1150824-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1150824-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1150824-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1150824-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information on the IOAA please contact Charles at ceb@astro.ox.ac.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from the talk that Charles Barclay FRAS (far-right in picture) gave at the FAS 2018 AGM &amp; Convention in York we can report that the UK team has returned from the 10 day long 12th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in Beijing having won 2 Silver medals and 2 Honourable Mentions. 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