Danny McNamara was a prolific astronomer and astrophotographer who left behind an extensive portfolio of lunar and solar eclipses captured from his backyard in Ōamaru.

In March 1993, the periodic comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was discovered.

McNamara photographed the impact sites of the comet, the second to do so in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Image: Neg #22, Taken during impact time of Fragment C (not visible from Earth),1994, Danny McNamara. Courtesy of Karl McNamara