Eater with tail feather

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Eater with tail feather
x = 5, y = 7, rule = B3/S23 2o$obo$2bo$2b2o$4bo$bobo$b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
Pattern type Strict still life
Number of cells 12
Bounding box 7 × 5
Frequency class 29.0
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Everett Boyer
Year of discovery 1973

The eater with tail feather is a 12-cell still life.

Construction

This still life is known to be constructible with 5 gliders.[1] Several known alternate syntheses can be found in Mark Niemiec's database.[2]

x = 32, y = 23, rule = B3/S23 2bo$obo$b2o6$14bobo$10bo3b2o$8bobo4bo$9b2o2$25b2o$25bo4b2o$26b3o2bo$ 28bobo$29bo2$13bo$12b2o11b2o$12bobo10bobo$25bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME Book ZOOM 10 X 0 Y 0 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 12 PAUSE 1 T 63 PAUSE 1 T 64 PAUSE 2 LOOP 65 ]]
A 5G synthesis[1]
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x = 31, y = 17, rule = B3/S23 9bo$10b2o$bo7b2o$2bo$3o2$24b2o$24bo4b2o$3bo21b3o2bo$3b2o7b3o12bobo$2bobo7bo15bo$13bo2$17b2o$9bo6b2o$9b2o7bo$8bobo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME Book ZOOM 10 X 0 Y 0 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 15 PAUSE 1 T 20 PAUSE 1 T 21 PAUSE 2 LOOP 22 ]]
A 6G synthesis[2]
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Occurrence

Among the 121 still lifes with 12 cells, this is the 54th most common still life according to Catagolue.

There are no collisions in octohash, octo3obj or octo3g databases with this still life occurring in the ash.

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