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If you mean Pluto then you better have a high dollar telescope ...like millions of dollars. If you mean with the ***** eye then no way. The only planets you can see without helpful equipment are Venus Mars Saturn Jupiter and barely Mercury.
1. Download stellarium at stellarium.org (free) This will tell you where to find the planets. 2. Do not use the erect image eyepiece for astronomy, It is for terrestrial viewing only. 3. Buy a moon filter. They are inexpensive ($12 at Agena Astro and others) 4. Huygens (H20, H12.5) are VERY cheap eyepieces,They have narrow field of view and low contrast. Purchase a good plossl or better eyepiece, you will really see the difference. 5. The SR4 (symmetrical Ramsden) is another cheap eyepiece. Avoid eyepiece designs that were invented in the 1700s. See item 4 above.
Your telescope must be pointed DIRECTLY at them. Right now Venus, Mars, and Saturn at up in the evening sky after dark. Download a free planetarium software and locate the planets in the sky.
I assume you are using the 497 hand controller? Planets will always be a little bit OFF since their orbits are calculated. You should be able to see Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn as a disk-- the other planets are very tiny and can be mistaken for a star.
Use the Automatic alignment feature and center the brightest nearest star. It will not be in the eyepiece. Be sure you calibrate motors, and train the drives, and the time, and date and site are accurate.
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