Club News
Recent 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
News Archive
- 05 Dec 2025 TRAC has acquired its first smart telescope, a ZWO Seestar S50
- 21 Nov 2025 TRAC members took photos of many constellations and made good progress towards improving their astrophotography skills
- 24 Oct 2025 TRAC recon team visited MKAS at their Bredhurst HQ for their Family Space Night and saw telescopes, meteorites, a spectroscopy demo, and more
- 11 Oct 2025 TRAC has acquired another new telescope: a 80 mm refractor (Celestron PowerSeeker 80EQ)
- 04 Oct 2025 TRAC participated in NASA's annual "Observe the Moon Night" – well done to everyone who helped make this event a success
- 04 Oct 2025 TRAC has acquired a new telescope: a 130 mm newtonian reflector (Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ-MD)
- 20 Sep 2025 Tonight, we saw Neptune for the first time, which fulfils one of our club's long-term aims: observing all the planets in our solar system
- 18 Sep 2025 TRAC has a link to its events web page added to the NASA website to promote the upcoming Observe the Moon Night 2025
- 02 Aug 2025 TRAC members visiting Bulgaria sent back impressive night sky photos showing the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy
- 19 Apr 2025 TRAC club member Matey K has completed 6 months of astronomy training for his Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award - Well done Matey!
- 31 Mar 2025 TRAC had one of our photos of the Sun included in a BBC Sky at Night Magazine article about the partial solar eclipse
- 01 Mar 2025 Matey's photo of the Venus-Mercury-Moon conjunction was featured in a BBC Sky at Night Magazine article about the planetary parade
- 16 Feb 2025 TRAC members are in Austria to photograph the winter constellations from a dark location high up in the snowy alps
- 29 Jan 2025 TRAC is granted special access to the local park for stargazing
- 14 Jan 2025 TRAC has a photo published on the BBC Sky at Night website for their article about Mars and January's Wolf Moon
- 11 Jan 2025 TRAC members agree their main goals for 2025
- 25 Oct 2024 TRAC celebrated its 1st birthday
- 04 Oct 2024 TRAC wrote to Medway Council to ask for their cooperation
- 20 Jul 2024 2 members went to Bulgaria and saw the Milky Way and 27 meteors
- 12 Jun 2024 TRAC website is launched
- 08 Apr 2024TRAC team assembled to mark the USA Total Solar Eclipse 2024
- 24 Mar 2024TRAC hosts its first public event (Mercury & ISS)
- 10 Mar 2024 TRAC acquires the domain name "astronomyclub.co.uk" to use for its website in the near future
- 26 Jan 2024TRAC recruits two new members and took our first major step into the field of astrophotography
- 25 Oct 2023TRAC is established by three founding members