Taverners Road Astronomy Club
TRAC – Exploring the Universe since 2023
Astronomy Forecast
⛅ CURRENT CLOUD COVER IN RAINHAM: 54%
- Fri, 19 Jun
Sunny, more clouds in the afternoon and evening.
Temperature 17/28 °C. - Sat, 20 Jun
Cloudy, fewer clouds in the evening.
Temperature 15/25 °C. - Sun, 21 Jun
Fog in the morning, cloudy later.
Temperature 15/25 °C. - Mon, 22 Jun
Cloudy changing to partly sunny by evening.
Temperature 17/26 °C. - Tue, 23 Jun
Partly sunny, more clouds in the evening.
Temperature rising to 32 °C.
Weather data last updated at 18:24 on 19 Jun 2026.

Recent Achievements
- 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
- 13 Jun 2026 Mercury was visible with the naked eye low in the western sky
- 09 Jun 2026 We observed the Venus and Jupiter at their closest approach
- 01 Jun 2026 May's second Full Moon ("Blue Moon") seen shortly after midnight
Club News
- 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
- 10 Jan 2026 TRAC leadership team agrees their main aims for 2026

Stargazing begins when the sun goes down!
