How can we see the centre of the Milky Way

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I thought that was an optical telescope and that there was dust in the way so we could not see the centre of our own galaxy.http://www.sciencemag.(I think if I mess around I might get access via a local university, but just wondered if anyone had a quick answer)-The quick answer is that theyre looking in the infrared, where the dust is considerably less opaque.......

I just heard about some researchers that found a star orbiting the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, using the Keck telescope. I thought that was an optical telescope and that there was dust in the way so we could not see the centre of our own galaxy.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/61…

(I think if I mess around I might get access via a local university, but just wondered if anyone had a quick answer)

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The quick answer is that they're looking in the infrared, where the dust is considerably less opaque.

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