Ask Astro: Where would a telescope need to be to see the Milky Way’s black hole without any dust in the way?

How far from Earth would a telescope have to be to capture a direct view of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, unimpeded by dust clouds?

Dan Nicolaescu

Clifton Park, New York

At the center of our galaxy sits a supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A* for short. This black hole was first discovered in 1974 as a pointlike rad