Taverners Road Astronomy Club

Astronomy Forecast

⛅ CURRENT CLOUD COVER IN RAINHAM: 72%

• Sun, 16 Aug Fog in the morning, cloudy later.
  Temperature 16/24 °C.
• Mon, 17 Aug Cloudy.
  Temperature 16/25 °C.
• Tue, 18 Aug Cloudy.
  Temperature 16/25 °C.
• Wed, 19 Aug Mostly cloudy, fewer clouds in the evening.
  Temperature 14/22 °C.
• Thu, 20 Aug Mostly cloudy.
  Temperature 12/21 °C.

Weather data last updated at 08:42 on 16 Aug 2026.

Astronomy Today

Recent Achievements

• 12 Aug 2026 We watched the best solar eclipse we'll likely ever see from Rainham
• 05 Jul 2026 We located the double star Albireo in Cygnus and saw its two stars brightly shining golden yellow and blue
• 21 Jun 2026 Glowing sunset seen on the evening of the summer solstice
• 17 Jun 2026 Venus photographed close to the crescent Moon 45 mins after sunset
• 17 Jun 2026 We fitted the solar filter to the telescope to view the Sun and tested the new solar finder to speed up the alignment process

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Club News

• 12 Aug 2026 Team TRAC hosted a well-attended event for the largest partial solar eclipse visible in the UK until 2090
• 17 Jun 2026 TRAC members made their first observations of the Sun in 2026 as part of our eclipse day preparations
• 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

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