An 11-inch scope will reveal Pluto and a few similarly faint stars, but a larger instrument will improve your odds a lot.
When the International Astronomical Union (IAU) demoted Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006, it surprised a lot of people, including some scientists. Even many years later, some ...
As the Milky Way runs through this part of the sky, there are a lot of faint background stars. Pluto looks just like one of these! (Click here for larger image) Charts are a great way to locate ...
Artistic representation of the huge and slow impact on Pluto that led to the heart-shaped Sputnik ... [+] Planitia structure on its surface. Ever since NASA's New Horizons sent back the first-ever ...