Taverners Road Astronomy Club
TRAC – Exploring the Universe since 2023
Announcements
27 Sep 2026 - Moon Night Event
A big thank you to everyone who came along to our Observe the Moon Night event last night!
We hope you had a great time exploring the Moon through the telescopes and enjoyed the evening with us. Thank you for bearing with the clouds – we hope they didn't spoil your evening too much and that you still managed to get some good views of the Moon.
We hope to welcome you back for our next astronomy event!
We send email notifications about our upcoming stargazing evenings. If you'd like to hear when our next event is happening, please email [email protected] and we'll add you to our mailing list.
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: 63%
- Wed, 28 Oct
Sunny, more clouds in the afternoon and evening.
Temperature rising to 16 °C. - Thu, 29 Oct Fog in the morning, partly sunny later.
Temperature 8/15 °C. - Fri, 30 Oct Partly sunny.
Temperature 8/15 °C. - Sat, 31 Oct
Mostly cloudy.
Temperature 9/14 °C. - Sun, 01 Nov Mostly cloudy, more clouds in the evening.
Temperature 9/13 °C.
Weather data last updated at 21:42 on 28 Oct 2026.
Recent Achievements
- 27 Oct 2026 Two dedicated TRAC members observed the Moon pass in front of the Pleiades star cluster just before midnight
- 25 Oct 2026 We saw Saturn beside October's Full Moon, the Hunter's Moon, and also observed Albireo, the beautiful double star found in Cygnus
- 10 Oct 2026 TRAC's first ever photo of Pluto was taken from the Ryetop Park
- 05 Oct 2026 Photo taken of Neptune and its largest Moon, Triton
- 04 Oct 2026 We saw Saturn exceptionally clearly at its opposition, and the Seestar was used to take photos of minor planets Pallas and Vesta
Club News
- 27 Oct 2026 TRAC celebrated its 3-year anniversary with a special homemade moon phases cake and lots of tasty snacks
- 26 Sep 2026 TRAC participated in NASA's International Observe the Moon Night with a free astronomy event for local residents
- 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
Stargazing begins when the sun goes down!