Period-50 glider gun
x = 144, y = 46, rule = B3/S23
32b2o6b2o60b2o6b2o$26bob2obobo6bobob2obo48bob2obobo6bobob2obo$26b2obob
o10bobob2o48b2obobo10bobob2o$30b2o10b2o56b2o10b2o$31bo10bo58bo10bo$51b
2o6b2o22b2o6b2o$33b2o4b2o10b2o6b2o22b2o6b2o10b2o4b2o$34bo4bo64bo4bo$
30bo3bo4bo3bo56bo3bo4bo3bo$7b2o20bo4bo4bo4bo6b3o4b3o38bo4bo4bo4bo20b2o
$6bo2bo19bo3bo2b2o2bo3bo8bo4bo40bo3bo2b2o2bo3bo19bo2bo$5bo4bo19bo3bob
2obo3bo7b2o6b2o39bo3bob2obo3bo19bo4bo$4bo6bo21bo6bo62bo6bo21bo6bo$4bo
6bo120bo6bo$5bo4bo122bo4bo$6bo2bo32b2o24b2o4b2o24b2o32bo2bo$7b2o4bo23b
o4b2o24b2o4b2o24b2o7bo25b2o$13bo8bo14bo71bo8bo$2ob2o8bo8bo14bo46b2o4b
2o17bo8bo20b2ob2o$o21bo21bo7b2o4b2o7bo14b2obo4bob2o24bo12bo11bo$b2o2bo
3b3o3b3o15b3o3b5ob2o5b3o2b3o5b2ob5o9b2o8b2o11b3o3b3o15b2o7bo2b2o$2b3o
13b3o3b3o17bo7b2o4b2o7bo14b2obo4bob2o20b3o3b3o8bo7b3o$2b3o8bo23bo46b2o
4b2o17bo29b3o$b2o2bo7bo8bo14bo71bo8bo19bo2b2o$o12bo8bo14bo4b2o24b2o4b
2o24b2o7bo8bo24bo$2ob2o17bo19b2o24b2o4b2o24b2o16bo20b2ob2o3$33bo6bo62b
o6bo$30bo3bob2obo3bo15b3o38bo3bob2obo3bo$29bo3bo2b2o2bo3bo12b2o3bo36bo
3bo2b2o2bo3bo$29bo4bo4bo4bo17bo36bo4bo4bo4bo$30bo3bo4bo3bo5b2o10b2o37b
o3bo4bo3bo$34bo4bo10bo6bo2bo43bo4bo$33b2o4b2o6b3o8b3o22b2o6b2o10b2o4b
2o$47bo20b2o13b2o6b2o$31bo10bo25bobo30bo10bo$30b2o10b2o8b2o16bo29b2o
10b2o$26b2obobo10bobob2o4b2o16b2o24b2obobo10bobob2o$26bob2obobo6bobob
2obo48bob2obobo6bobob2obo$32b2o6b2o60b2o6b2o2$54b2o$53bobo$53bo$52b2o!
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Pattern type
Gun
Number of cells
524
Bounding box
144 × 46
Period
50
Barrels
1
Discovered by
Dean Hickerson
Year of discovery
1996
Period-50 glider gun is an extensible true period -50 glider gun discovered by Dean Hickerson on October 13, 1996 . It is based on a period-44 gun by David Buckingham and the p50 traffic jam oscillator to restore the blinker, as well as 2 copies of this mechanism to restore the blinker in the middle. It can be made to have more than 1 barrel. [1]
In 2004, David Bell, produced a variant using only a single oscillator with a glider loop.[1] It is possible to restore the blinker by using queen bee shuttles but that makes this gun pseudo. The true period would then be p150.
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Animation of variant by David Bell.
RLE : here
x = 80, y = 39, rule = B3/S23
18b2o40b2o$18bobob2o32b2obobo$20bob2o32b2obo$19bo40bo$20bob2o11b2o6b2o
11b2obo$23bo11b2o6b2o11bo$23bobo28bobo$24b2o28b2o$13b2o3b2o40b2o3b2o$
13bo5bo40bo5bo$6b2o64b2o$7bo6bo3bo42bo3bo6bo$b2ob3o8b3o44b3o8b3ob2o$b
2obo70bob2o$26b2o24b2o$b3o22b2o24b2o22b3o$o2bo4bobo58bobo4bo2bo$2o6bo
2bo24b2o4b2o24bo2bo6b2o$11b2o11bo10bobo4bobo10bo11b2o$9bo3b2o9bo10bo8b
o10bo9b2o3bo$11b2o11bo10bobo4bobo10bo11b2o$8bo2bo24b2o4b2o24bo2bo$8bob
o58bobo$26b2o24b2o$26b2o24b2o$31b2o$15b3o13bo30b3o$14bo3bo8b2o3bo28bo
3bo$27bo2bobo$13bo5bo9b2o2b2o25bo5bo$13b2o3b2o10bo3bo25b2o3b2o$7b2o19b
o4bo37b2o$7bobo18b2o3b2o4bo30bobo$9bo28bobo29bo$9b2obo26bo11bo15bob2o$
13bo35bobo14bo$9b2obo37b2o15bob2o$9b2obobo50bobob2o$13b2o50b2o!
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