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#For Beginners

 Astronomy lecture series by Michel van Biezen. His lecture are quite
good. Initial while I was unknown of some terms of Astronomy and
basics I watched his lecture learnt the basics concept which was quite
helpful for me. Michel van Biezen
 Astrophysics lecture by Studynova. So I include his lecture here because
from here you will get to know more about Astrophysics apart from
Astronomy. This is also a basics to Astrophysics. Astrophysics
 Here, I would say either watch Studynova lecture or watch Bob
Trenwith. This series of lectures will cover up major topic is
Astrophysics which will be much helpful further to understand
Astrophysics. I will personally recommend to watch Bob
Trenwith lecture after attending Michel van Biezen lecture. Then your
basics will be fully cleared and no need to watch more. Introduction to
Astrophysics
 Along with all if you need to strength your orbital mechanics part which
is really important for Olympiad then I would suggest to go through this
playlist because they have described everything in detail. Orbital
Dynamics
Also make notes of it. It will help you further.

#For Major Concept

 Do physics and cover as much topics you can. Mainly Mechanics, Optics,
Heat & Thermodynamics, Modern Physics and Wave Optics. My
recommendation will be solve either University physics or HC Verma.
 Read mathematics also because it will help you a lot in data analysis
part. Mainly Conic sections, Trigonometry, Coordinate geometry
and Statistics.
 Spherical trigonometry is must to know. Here you will come to know
about our Celestial sphere and Earth. For this I would recommend to
read second chapter of W.M Smart. Link to the book is here. Spherical
trigonometry by W. M. Smart .pdf
 In the parallel to this you can start reading Books recommend for
Astronomy and Astrophysics. The world wide best recommend book
is Fundamental of Astronomy Springer publication and Introduction
to Modern Astrophysics rather this books is very depth. So you can
choose by your time and interest. Link to the book is here. Fundamental
Astronomy.pdf An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics
( PDFDrive.com ).pdf
#For Advance problem solving

 A problem book in Astronomy and Astrophysics by Aniket sule. This


book is extremely recommended. You must go through this book once.
Here they have discussed past years question of International Olympiad
on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA). Here is the link to the book A
Problem book in Astronomy and Astrophysics ( PDFDrive.com ).pdf
 Past paper of IAO, IOAA, Russian open school Astronomy Olympiad or
Indian National Astronomy Olympiad. This is must. If you can't solve the
past paper you can't know what type of questions are being asked in
Olympiad. So solving past paper is the key. Even one of my friend
got Bronze medal in IAO just by practicing past paper and referring
books.
#Additional Source

 Stellarium software for night sky observations. Stellarium Astronomy


Software
 Sky chart provided by IAU IAU_constellations_5x7.pdf
Now I guess these are sufficient to crack any National Astronomy Olympiad of any
country. And for International level you need to prepare some extra from this not more.

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