Period-24 glider gun

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True period 24 gun
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Pattern type Gun
Number of cells 335
Bounding box 43 × 32
Period 24
Barrels Unknown
Discovered by Noam Elkies
Year of discovery 1997

True period 24 gun is the first true period 24 gun to be discovered. It was discovered by Noam D. Elkies in 1997. It uses three large period 4 oscillators to hassle two t-tetrominoes, which react together to produce gliders.