Design and Implementation of the Chinese Ancient Celestial Phenomenon Catalogue

Chinese ancient celestial phenomenon records are the unique astronomical observation data in the world, which have important scientific value. In recent years, with the rapid development of astronomical observations and theories, there have been many new advances in the research of historical supernovae and solar activity cycle. In contrast, the compilations of ancient celestial phenomenon records are still at the level of the late 1980s, and there are defects in the information utilization, such as inconvenient retrieval, and lack of corresponding analysis, which can hardly satisfy the needs of astronomical research. In this paper, the Chinese Ancient Celestial Phenomenon Catalogue based on document-oriented database, full-text retrieval, grammatical analysis and Web technology is designed and implemented. The catalogue realizes the digital storage and retrieval of various scientific and historical information in ancient celestial phenomenon records. Through the construction and development of this basic platform, Chinese ancient celestial phenomenon records will be more accessible to astronomers around the world, and promote the intercross research of collation, identification and utilization of ancient celestial phenomenon records.