Sustained observation and classification of comets is not all the Chinese are noted for. Our forebears were also the first in recorded history to observe Halley's comet, the explosion of a supernova, and sunspots.
除了長時間觀察、分類彗星，人類正史第一次出現哈雷彗星、超新星爆炸、太陽黑子記載，也都在中國。