Blinkers bit pole

	Blinkers bit pole
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	15
Bounding box	7×6
Period	2
Mod	1
Heat	14
Volatility	0.64
Strict volatility	0.64
Discovered by	Robert Wainwright
Year of discovery	1977
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B35678/S2345678
Important rules	Conway Life, HighLife
# of rules	29 = 512
Isotropic rules	B3-aekr/S2-cn3n – B2n34-rty5678/S2345678
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	13
Catagolue-generated RLE	blinkersbitpole_synth.rle
Uploaded synthesis RLE	blinkersbitpole_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	blinkersbitpole.cells
RLE	blinkersbitpole.rle
Identifiers
apgcode	xp2_k3g4gljz11
Pentadecathlon ID	15P2.7

Blinkers bit pole is a period-2 oscillator found by Robert Wainwright in June 1977.^[1]

Commonness

Information on this oscillator's natural occurrence with respect to other naturally-occurring patterns is currently unknown.

On January 16, 2017, Goldtiger997 found a 37-glider synthesis for this oscillator with the help of Martin Grant and Chris Cain.^[2]

↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
↑ Goldtiger997 (January 16, 2017). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums