Herschel descendant

A Herschel descendant is a common active pattern occurring at generation 22 of a Herschel's evolution:

x = 31, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 b2o20b2o3b2o$o2bo19bobo2bobo$3b2o20bo4bo$2b2o20bo2bo2bo$2bo24b3o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 Z 16 HEIGHT 480 GPS 10 AUTOSTART PAUSE 4 T 100 Z 8 LOOP 150 ]]

(click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

There are other evolutionary paths leading to the same pattern, including the modification of a B-heptomino implied by generation 21 of a Herschel.

External links

• Herschel descendant at the Life Lexicon