| The AGM was held at the council chambers in Sidmouth, Devon on Saturday 8th May 1999. Tourist information about Sidmouth may be found by following this link. |  |
A visit to the Norman Lockyer Observatory took place. This included a planetarium show, and a conducted tour of the site. The telescopes were in operation on Friday evening.
Agenda
| 09:00 | Doors open to traders (Access from 08.30 by prior arrangement) |
| 09:30 | Doors open to public |
| 10.00 | Konrad Malin-Smith, Eclipses |
| 11:00 | AGM, coffee break, and NLO Observatory visit |
| Lunch | |
| 14:30 | Dr Percy Seymour (University of Plymouth), The Magnetism of the Universe |
| 15:30 | Tea break |
| 16:00 | Dr Allan Chapman (Oxford University), The Civil Servant and the Sunbeam: The life and times of Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer |
| 17:00 | Meeting closes |
Trade stands:
- Earth and Sky
- Sky Map Software
- Campaign for Dark Skies
- Astronomy Now
- SCS Astro
- Richard White
- NLO Society
- Sidmouth Town
- South Coast Telescopes