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.