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Pleasures of the telescope ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠎⠏⠁⠉⠑⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠝⠕⠺⠀⠛⠇⠊⠞⠞⠑⠗⠎⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠊⠝⠞⠑⠗⠇⠁⠉⠊⠝⠛
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⠁⠝⠙⠀⠽⠑⠞⠂⠀⠊⠋⠀⠎⠥⠉⠓⠀⠁⠀⠏⠗⠕⠉⠑⠎⠎⠀⠙⠕⠑⠎⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀
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