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Pleasures of the telescope ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠙⠊⠁⠍⠑⠞⠑⠗⠀⠃⠑⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠃⠕⠥⠞⠀⠞⠺⠑⠝⠞⠽⠤⠋⠊⠧⠑⠀⠍⠊⠇⠑⠎⠲⠀
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⠞⠓⠑⠀⠙⠁⠗⠅⠀⠇⠥⠝⠁⠗⠀⠎⠥⠗⠋⠁⠉⠑⠀⠓⠑⠗⠑⠂⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀
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⠏⠇⠁⠊⠝⠂⠀⠁⠃⠕⠥⠞⠀⠋⠕⠗⠞⠽⠀⠍⠊⠇⠑⠎⠀⠞⠕⠺⠁⠗⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠑⠁⠎⠞⠂⠀⠏⠗⠕⠚⠑⠉⠞⠎⠀⠁⠀⠎⠍⠁⠇⠇⠀⠍⠕⠥⠝⠞⠁⠊⠝⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠊⠎
⠀⠁⠇⠎⠕⠀⠗⠑⠍⠁⠗⠅⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠗⠑⠋⠇⠑⠉⠞⠊⠝⠛⠀
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⠊⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀⠑⠭⠏⠕⠎⠑⠙⠲⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠉⠗⠁⠞⠑⠗⠀⠍⠕⠥⠝⠞⠁⠊⠝⠂⠀
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