* Astronomy

People

Sir William Ramsay (2 October 1852 - 23 July 1916) was a Scottish chemist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Ramsay

Albert Scott Crossfield (October 2, 1921 - April 19, 2006) was an American test pilot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Scott_Crossfield

Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov (2 October 1939 - 9 December 2008) was a Soviet cosmonaut. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yury_Glazkov

Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (October 2, 1935 - December 8, 1967) was the first African-American astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henry_Lawrence,_Jr.

John Whiteside Parsons (October 2, 1914 - June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons_(rocket_engineer)

Frank Joseph Malina (October 2, 1912 - November 9, 1981) was an American aeronautical engineer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Malina

Giuseppe Colombo (October 2, 1920 - February 20, 1984) was an Italian scientist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Colombo

Robert Julius Trumpler (1886 - 1956) was a Swiss-American astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Julius_Trumpler

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 - 30 January 1948) was a leader of India
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45316657/mohandas-karamchand-gandhi-1869-1948/

Edmund Clifton Stoner (October 2, 1899 - December 27, 1968) was a British theoretical physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Clifton_Stoner

Willy Ley (October 2, 1906 - June 24, 1969) was a German-American science writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Ley

NGC Discovered

NGC 238 is a magnitude +12.5 barred spiral galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd October 1834. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58676498/ngc-238/

NGC 283 is a magnitude +14.1 spiral galaxy discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 2nd October 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58676495/ngc-283/

NGC 284 is a magnitude +14.4 elliptical galaxy discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 2nd October 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58676494/ngc-284/

NGC 285 is a magnitude +14.7 lenticular galaxy discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 2nd October 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58676493/ngc-285/

NGC 286 is a magnitude +14.1 spiral galaxy discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 2nd October 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58676489/ngc-286/

NGC 692 is a magnitude +12.3 spiral galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd October 1834. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58676488/ngc-692/

NGC 7397 is a magnitude +14.2 barred spiral galaxy discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 2nd October 1856.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58676486/ngc-7397/

NGC 7398 is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 2nd October 1856.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58676483/ngc-7398/

NGC 7401 is a magnitude +14.9 spiral galaxy discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 2nd October 1856.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58676479/ngc-7401/

NGC 7402 is a magnitude +14.5 lenticular galaxy discovered R. J. Mitchell on the 2nd October 1856.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58676475/ngc-7402/

NGC 7657 is a magnitude +14.1 barred spiral galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd October 1836. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58676473/ngc-7657/

NGC 7815 is a magnitude +14.4 star discovered by Per Magnus Herman Schultz on the 2nd October 1866. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58676471/ngc-7815/