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Pulsar

The largest common oscillator: 48 cells with fourfold symmetry, pulsing on a period of 3. Despite its size it turns up naturally in random soups.

B3/S23 live simulation — not a recording
Category
oscillator
Rule
B3/S23
Bounding box
13 × 13
Live cells
48
Period
3 generations
Views
3
oscillator common symmetric
Pattern data
x = 13, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
2b3o3b3o2b2$o4bobo4bo$o4bobo4bo$o4bobo4bo$2b3o3b3o2b2$2b3o3b3o2b$o4bobo4bo$o4bobo4bo$o4bobo4bo2$2b3o3b3o2b!

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

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