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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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