Can Pluto be seen with amateur telescopes?

[Andy Resnick]

Clear skies are gone for the winter, here's as much as I was able to get. Next summer I may have a chance at Pluto. First one is Uranus, next one is Neptune- they look a little different because I scaled them differently to fit. Enjoy!

 

[rootone]

Pluto is actually visible with the sort of telescopes used by enthusiastic amateurs?

 

[Andy Resnick]

Pluto is actually visible with the sort of telescopes used by enthusiastic amateurs?

Possibly- but that's the point of trying, right? Pluto's apparent magnitude varies between 13.6 and 16.3, I can reliably detect magnitude 15 objects with a 5.5" refractor.