A compilation of a wide variety of astronomical observations from East Asia which are of special value today and play a major role in modern scientific studies of eclipses of the sun and moon, comets, exploding stars, and phenomena such as the aurora borealis and meteor showers. Full translations of detailed records with dates on the Julian Calendar will appear in tabular form. An important feature of the book will be a chapter devoted to the most ancient astronomical records in East Asian history 1500-1050 BC. It is the first time this detailed information has been published outside East Asia and presented in an easily readable form.