Taverners Road Astronomy Club

Astronomy Forecast

⛅ CURRENT CLOUD COVER IN RAINHAM: 57%

• Tue, 16 Jun Mostly cloudy, fewer clouds in the afternoon.
  Temperature 15/24 °C.
• Wed, 17 Jun Cloudy changing to partly sunny by evening.
  Temperature 15/22 °C.
• Thu, 18 Jun Cloudy.
  Temperature 15/27 °C.
• Fri, 19 Jun Partly sunny, more clouds in the afternoon and evening.
  Temperature 17/28 °C.
• Sat, 20 Jun Cloudy.
  Temperature 15/24 °C.

Weather data last updated at 18:06 on 16 Jun 2026.

Astronomy Today

Recent Achievements

• 01 Jun 2026 May's second Full Moon ("Blue Moon") seen shortly after midnight
• 25 May 2026 We saw the phase of the planet Venus (~80%) at 50x magnification
• 23 May 2026 We took our first photo of the Sun using the Seestar S50
• 25 Apr 2026 First photos taken of the Moon using a DSLR camera
• 19 Apr 2026 We took a photo of the crescent Moon with earthshine sitting just above the Pleiades star cluster, with Venus shining brightly below

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Club News

• 31 May 2026 TRAC begins planning for the solar eclipse event on 12 Aug 2026
• 26 May 2026 TRAC acquires a small 70 mm spotting scope for moongazing
• 12 Apr 2026 TRAC sent an email to NASA congratulating them on their successful Artemis II mission, which saw four astronauts travel around the Moon
• 10 Jan 2026 TRAC leadership team agrees their main aims for 2026
• 05 Dec 2025 TRAC acquires its first smart telescope, a ZWO Seestar S50

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