Taverners Road Astronomy Club

Astronomy Forecast

⛅ CURRENT CLOUD COVER IN RAINHAM: 98%

• Sat, 27 Jun Partly sunny, more clouds in the afternoon.
  Temperature 19/29 °C.
• Sun, 28 Jun Partly sunny.
  Temperature falling to 23 °C.
• Mon, 29 Jun Partly sunny, more clouds in the afternoon.
  Temperature 10/23 °C.
• Tue, 30 Jun Cloudy changing to partly sunny by evening.
  Temperature 12/21 °C.
• Wed, 01 Jul Partly sunny changing to cloudy by afternoon.
  Temperature 13/23 °C.

Weather data last updated at 18:06 on 27 Jun 2026.

Astronomy Today

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

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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

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