Currently, the observatory utilizes an Andor thermo-electrically cooled CCD camera in conjunction with the primary telescope.

MRR uses commercial FM radio broadcasts from Seattle to sense ionospheric turbulence, meteors, and airplanes.

[7] In 2015 MRO was granted $59,999 from the University of Washington's Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) in an effort to have the observatory run in a more eco-friendly manner.

[10] To conserve energy they have installed two solar panels which will produce more than the necessary 20,000 kWh per year needed to sustain the observatory.

The field of view (using the Andor iKon-M 934 imaging camera attached to the telescope) is 8 x 8 arcminutes with a plate scale (using the default 2 x 2 binning) of 0.93 "/pixel.