"Crop Circles - The Astronomical Connection". Barry Korcheski is an avid amateur astronomer and has taken courses in astronomy at the University of Toronto and cosmology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Barry has been based in Nelson for over 10 years and keeps in touch with the latest developments in astronomy, cosmology and astrophysics. Barry has been fascinated by the ever increasing number and complexity of crop circles and how they relate to astronomy. Barry has volunteered to present some of his findings to the astronomy group.