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Yeah, Pluto is over mag 14. Its also just a white speck in the eyepiece. Like any dim star. Its also right in the galaxy star field and unless your goto is 95%+ accurate the only practical way to spot it would be through astrophotography over a couple of nights. Making it more difficult would be the light pollution of Venus washing out that local area of the sky.
Is it impossible to pick it out at dark sky? Of course not. However, I think its miss leading to say it stands out in dark skies. It still looks like any other mag 14 star.
I wouldn't consider it a beginners target either. It's one of those "feather in the cap" type objects if you can correctly identify it.
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