Taverners Road Astronomy Club
TRAC – Exploring the Universe since 2023
Announcements
28 Aug 2026 - Lunar Eclipse
Congratulations to everyone who saw the lunar eclipse this morning! It's very rare to be able to witness a lunar eclipse of that magnitude and clarity.
View some of the photos we captured during the eclipse.
13 Aug 2026 - Eclipse Certificate
Parents can download a printable Certificate of Achievement for children who watched the partial solar eclipse from the park with us on 12 August 2026.
13 Aug 2026 - Eclipse Photos
Attended our eclipse event? Send your photos to [email protected] and we'll add the best ones to our monthly newsletter.
We didn't get chance to take many photos, so any you can send are greatly appreciated!
Astronomy Forecast
⛅ CURRENT CLOUD COVER IN RAINHAM: 91%
- Sun, 30 Aug
Cloudy.
Temperature 15/21 °C. - Mon, 31 Aug
Partly sunny changing to cloudy by afternoon and evening.
Temperature 14/22 °C. - Tue, 01 Sep Partly sunny, more clouds in the afternoon.
Temperature 11/22 °C. - Wed, 02 Sep
Cloudy.
Temperature 13/20 °C. - Thu, 03 Sep Possible rain changing to cloudy in the afternoon.
Temperature 18/22 °C.
Weather data last updated at 05:30 on 30 Aug 2026.
Recent Achievements
- 28 Aug 2026 Team TRAC met in the park at 4 AM to see the Moon turn red as it passed into the Earth's shadow during a rare partial lunar eclipse
- 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
Club News
- 21 Aug 2026 TRAC members tested two new telescopes, a small 60 mm refractor and a 130 mm newtonian, ready for Observe the Moon Night 2026
- 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
Stargazing begins when the sun goes down!