The observatory houses a 28-centimeter (11 inch) Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, donated by Celestron.

The observatory also houses a portable 16" Meade Light-Bridge Dobsonian.

The observatory housed the world's second largest telescope at the time, surpassed only by the Mount Wilson Observatory in collecting area.

Built in 1783-1785, the observatory houses a 12 inch (30 cm) refracting telescope which was built by Grubbs of Dublin using a French manufactured lens.

The observatory houses a Warner & Swasey refracting telescope with a 13 3/8 inch objective, a 4 - inch finder, and a 1 inch finder.

Since being moved to its present location in 1924, the observatory has housed a 130 mm Zeiss refracting telescope.

The observatory also houses a digital planetarium theater, which uses a Spitz SciDomeHD projection system.

Today the observatory houses the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, and the university's astronomers use Kennon Observatory.

The observatory houses a 24 cm telescope, the largest unmodified refractor telescope in use in New Zealand.

The observatory also houses the Challenger Learning Center for Space Science Education.