The 60 cm (24") Ritchey–Chrétien telescope was custom engineered and built by Puckett,[4] and took nine years to complete, going online full-time in 1997.

The search consists of a team of amateur astronomers located in the United States, Canada, India, Greece and Italy.

Timothy David Puckett was born in 1962 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and is an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer with over 30 years experience.

[1] Puckett's photos of comets and deep-sky objects have been published in books and magazines in several countries, including Great Britain, Japan, Italy, Germany, Australia and South Africa.

His work has also been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, BBC, The Discovery and Learning Channels and Good Morning America.

[1] The official naming citation was submitted by Michael Peoples[11] and published by the Minor Planet Center on November 9, 2003 (M.P.C.