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Heavyweight spaceship

The largest of the three classic orthogonal ships. Add another segment and it becomes unstable - which is why the family stops here.

B3/S23 live simulation — not a recording
Category
spaceship
Rule
B3/S23
Bounding box
7 × 5
Live cells
13
Period
4 generations
Discovered by
John Conway, 1970
Views
3
spaceship c/2 orthogonal
Pattern data
x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
3b2o$bo4bo$o$o5bo$6o!

Run Length Encoded - the standard interchange format. This will paste straight into Golly or any other Life program.

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