Since 1992 an asteroid belt has been discovered farther than Neptune. The biggest bodies are similar to Pluto's size, and they question its planetary status.

Pluto, formerly the nine planet, is the second largest Kuiper Belt object. What is sure is that it's very small and far away, and in most images it looks insignificant.

Eris, formerly the "tenth planet", is an object the discovery of which, has changed the classification of the outer Solar System. Physically Eris is similar to Pluto, and it's even a little bigger.

More info on Eris is found on Wikipedia.

Sedna is an asteroid farther than Kuiper's belt. Discovered in 2003 it has a diameter of 1600 km and an extremely long orbita, which takes 12000 years to complete.

Quaoar is an asteroid of the Kuiper's belt. When it was discovered in 2002, it was the biggest, with a diameterof about 1200 km.

Makemake (2005 FY9) and Haumea (2003EL61) are the brightest asteroids of Kuiper's belt, after Pluto. They have a diameter of about 1600 km, but the latter is extremely oblonged.

 
 

Pluto, high resolution imaging

A typical image of Pluto is starlike, but with longer focal lenghts is teoretically possible to show a oblong image due to the satellite Charon. Sadly, the long exposure times to show the planet (5-8s) limit the resolution because of the growth of turbulence.
Some double star was imaged for testing the resolution of the setup, showing the possibility to detect Charon with shorter times of exposure (0.1s)

Pluto at 0.24

 Pluto at 0.24"/pixel
 SC 280mm F/28
 Exposure: 30x8 second
 CCD SBIG ST-7 XME
 Talmassons, 21/08/2008

Test on double stars

 Test on double stars
 SC 280mm F/28
 Exposure: 30x0.1 second
 CCD SBIG ST-7 XME
 Talmassons, 19/08/2008

 

Pluto, high resolution imaging

With intermedium focal lenghts, the image of the false disk of Pluto is the reflect the seeing of the night (~2").

Pluto at 0.5

 Pluto at 0.5"/pixel
 SC 280mm F/10
 Exposure: 100x1 second
 CCD SBIG ST-10 XME
 Talmassons, 10/07/2008

Pluto's motion in three days

 Pluto's motion in three days
 SC 280mm F/10
 Exposure: 100x1 second
 CCD SBIG ST-10 XME
 Talmassons, 10/07/2008

 

Pluto on film

 
The transneptunian Pluto

 Pluto
 Newton 200mm F/5
 Exposure: 8 minutes
 Film: Kodak PJ 400
 Monte Matajur, 25/09/1998

 

Eris, (2003 UB313), the largest dwarf planet

 
Eris, the tenth planet

 Eris, the largest dwarf planet
 Newton 350mm F/5
 Exposure: 10X1 minutes
 CCD SBIG ST9E
 Talmassons, 02 august 2005
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The transneptunian Sedna

 
The transneptunian  Sedna

 The transneptunian 90377 Sedna
 Newton 350mm F/5
 Exposure: 15X4 minutes
 CCD SBIG ST9E
 Talmassons, 03 january 2006
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The transneptunian QUAOAR

 
The transneptunian Quaoar

 The transneptunian 50000 Quaoar
 Newton 350mm F/5
 Exposure: 5X2 minutes
 CCD SBIG ST9E
 Talmassons, 08 august 2005
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The transneptunian Makemake (2005 FY9)

 
The transneptunian Makemake

 The transneptunian Makemake
 Newton 350mm F/5
 Exposure: 5X2 minutes
 CCD SBIG ST10XME
 Talmassons, 25 may 2006
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The transneptunian Haumea (2003EL61)

 
The transneptunian Haumea

 The transneptunian Haumea
 Newton 350mm F/5
 Exposure: 3X2 minutes
 CCD SBIG ST10XME
 Talmassons, 25 may 2006
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