UK Optical & Near-infrared
Telescope Users Committee


The UK Optical and Near-infrared Telescope Users Group (UKON) represents the UK interests in relevant committees and engages in strategic discussions of involvement in ground based optical and near-infrared telescopes. Please see the full Terms of Reference.

The membership of the UKON is drawn from UK Astronomy Departments. The current chair of the UKON is Aprajita Verma (University of Oxford). For a list of current members, please see the UKON Membership web page.


Documents from previous meetings

Date Location Documents
UKON Users Group
21st Jan 2013 Telecon Agenda | E-ELT Presentation
20th Jan 2012 Telecon Minutes
8M Users Group
20th Jul 2010 Telecon Minutes
24h Sep 2009 Telecon Minutes [PDF]
4th Nov 2008 Telecon ESO OPC notes [PDF]
16th Sep 2008 Nottingham Minutes
20th Mar 2008 Telecon Minutes
10th Oct 2007 Oxford Minutes
13th Mar 2007 Telecon Minutes
3rd May 2006 Oxford Minutes
6th Oct 2005 Telecon Minutes
22nd Mar 2005 Oxford
23rd Sep 2004 Oxford
22nd Mar 2004 London
Gemini Users Committee
17th Sep 2003 Oxford Minutes