5blink

5blink is a small period-5 oscillator found by Scot Ellison in July 2011. It contains a blinker that is rephased over and over again.

5blink
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Pattern type Oscillator
Number of cells 28
Bounding box 14×9
Period 5
Mod 5
Heat 19.2
Volatility 0.76
Strict volatility 0.76
Discovered by Scot Ellison
Year of discovery 2011

Its stator includes a tub acting as a rock. This can be replaced with a boat, beehive, loaf, mango, small lake and most other still lifes with a similarly placed cell.

It give out a dot spark which can be useful for, e.g, the p50-based p90 glider shuttle.

See also

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