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: 91%
- Sun, 27 Sep
Partly sunny, more clouds in the afternoon.
Temperature 11/21 °C. - Mon, 28 Sep
Cloudy changing to possible rain by evening.
Temperature 13/18 °C. - Tue, 29 Sep Mostly cloudy, fewer clouds in the afternoon and evening.
Temperature 15/23 °C. - Wed, 30 Sep
Light rain changing to cloudy in the afternoon.
Temperature 16/20 °C. - Thu, 01 Oct Partly sunny.
Temperature 12/20 °C.
Weather data last updated at 22:36 on 27 Sep 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!