Career
Between 1996 and 1998, he co-discovered a total of 7 asteroids at the private observatory Meyer/Obermair in Davidschlag (municipality Kirchschlag bei Linz, Austria), all together with Erich Meyer. Furthermore, he was involved in six other discoveries of asteroids between 1996 and 2005, which were assigned as site discoveries to the observatory Davidschlag by the International Astronomical Union. His most important observations include precisie astrometry of the comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, which he observerd together with Erich Meyer and Herbert Raab in 1993.
These observations have significantly contributed to the subsequent prediction of the impact of this comet on the planet Jupiter.
On 4 April 1997, Obermair was presented the Decoration of Honour in Silver of the republic of Austria. The asteroid 9236 Obermair was named in his honor.