Kok's galaxy
Kok's galaxy is a volatility-1 period-8 oscillator found by Jan Kok in 1971.[1] In September 2003 Jason Summers found a 12-glider synthesis of this oscillator.[2]
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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| Number of cells | 28 | ||||||||||
| Bounding box | 13×13 | ||||||||||
| Period | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mod | 8 | ||||||||||
| Heat | 39 | ||||||||||
| Volatility | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| Strict volatility | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | Jan Kok | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1971 | ||||||||||
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It is notable for its uses as a sparker, as seen below:
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4bob2o$4b2obo3$64b2obo$14b2o48bob2o$13b2o$15bo$2o5b2o$2o5b2o47b2o$57b
2o$4b2o50bo$4b2o57b2o5b2o$63b2o5b2o2$66b2o$66b2o$22bo3bo$21bo4b2o$20b
2o5b2o2b2o$21b2o4bo3b2o$22bo22bo3bo$44b2o4bo$39b2o2b2o5b2o$39b2o3bo4b
2o$49bo11$32bo$33b2o$32b2o2$39bo$37b2o$38b2o5$24bo2bobo$22b2obob3o$23b
o6bo$22b2o5bo$35b2o$23bo5b2o3bobo$22bo6bo5bo$23b3obob2o$23bobo2bo!
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| A p120 HWSS gun using Kok's galaxy and two Simkin glider guns. (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here |
Kok's galaxy serves as the logo of Golly.
See also
References
- Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
- Jason Summers' jslife pattern collection.
External links
- Kok's galaxy at the Life Lexicon
- 28P8.1 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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