Quasar is a period-3 oscillator that was found by Robert Wainwright in August 1971 ,[1] [2] and is just the second smallest of an extensible series of p3 oscillators (first being the pulsar) built using pulsar quadrants which are shifted with respect to each other.
Here are the next 2 oscillators in the series:
x = 45, y = 45, rule = B3/S23
18b3o3b3o2$16bo4bobo4bo$16bo4bobo4bo$16bo4bobo4bo$18b3o3b3o2$16b3o7b3o
$10b3o2bo4bo3bo4bo2b3o$15bo4bo3bo4bo$8bo4bobo4bo3bo4bobo4bo$8bo4bo17bo
4bo$8bo4bo2b3o7b3o2bo4bo$10b3o19b3o2$8b3o23b3o$2b3o2bo4bo19bo4bo2b3o$
7bo4bo19bo4bo$o4bobo4bo19bo4bobo4bo$o4bo33bo4bo$o4bo2b3o23b3o2bo4bo$2b
3o35b3o2$2b3o35b3o$o4bo2b3o23b3o2bo4bo$o4bo33bo4bo$o4bobo4bo19bo4bobo
4bo$7bo4bo19bo4bo$2b3o2bo4bo19bo4bo2b3o$8b3o23b3o2$10b3o19b3o$8bo4bo2b
3o7b3o2bo4bo$8bo4bo17bo4bo$8bo4bobo4bo3bo4bobo4bo$15bo4bo3bo4bo$10b3o
2bo4bo3bo4bo2b3o$16b3o7b3o2$18b3o3b3o$16bo4bobo4bo$16bo4bobo4bo$16bo4b
obo4bo2$18b3o3b3o!
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x = 61, y = 61, rule = B3/S23
26b3o3b3o2$24bo4bobo4bo$24bo4bobo4bo$24bo4bobo4bo$26b3o3b3o2$24b3o7b3o
$18b3o2bo4bo3bo4bo2b3o$23bo4bo3bo4bo$16bo4bobo4bo3bo4bobo4bo$16bo4bo
17bo4bo$16bo4bo2b3o7b3o2bo4bo$18b3o19b3o2$16b3o23b3o$10b3o2bo4bo19bo4b
o2b3o$15bo4bo19bo4bo$8bo4bobo4bo19bo4bobo4bo$8bo4bo33bo4bo$8bo4bo2b3o
23b3o2bo4bo$10b3o35b3o2$8b3o39b3o$2b3o2bo4bo35bo4bo2b3o$7bo4bo35bo4bo$
o4bobo4bo35bo4bobo4bo$o4bo49bo4bo$o4bo2b3o39b3o2bo4bo$2b3o51b3o2$2b3o
51b3o$o4bo2b3o39b3o2bo4bo$o4bo49bo4bo$o4bobo4bo35bo4bobo4bo$7bo4bo35bo
4bo$2b3o2bo4bo35bo4bo2b3o$8b3o39b3o2$10b3o35b3o$8bo4bo2b3o23b3o2bo4bo$
8bo4bo33bo4bo$8bo4bobo4bo19bo4bobo4bo$15bo4bo19bo4bo$10b3o2bo4bo19bo4b
o2b3o$16b3o23b3o2$18b3o19b3o$16bo4bo2b3o7b3o2bo4bo$16bo4bo17bo4bo$16bo
4bobo4bo3bo4bobo4bo$23bo4bo3bo4bo$18b3o2bo4bo3bo4bo2b3o$24b3o7b3o2$26b
3o3b3o$24bo4bobo4bo$24bo4bobo4bo$24bo4bobo4bo2$26b3o3b3o!
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Like the pulsar , each quadrant can be made with a traffic light predecessor. This gives these predecessors:
x = 121, y = 108, rule = B3/S23
88b3o3b3o$88bobo3bobo$88b3o3b3o4$86b3o7b3o$86bobo7bobo$16b3o3b3o55b3o
3b3o7b3o3b3o$16bobo3bobo55bobo19bobo$16b3o3b3o55b3o19b3o4$16b3o3b3o55b
3o19b3o$16bobo3bobo55bobo19bobo$16b3o3b3o55b3o3b3o7b3o3b3o$86bobo7bobo
$86b3o7b3o4$88b3o3b3o$88bobo3bobo$88b3o3b3o27$88b3o3b3o$88bobo3bobo$
88b3o3b3o4$86b3o7b3o$86bobo7bobo$16b3o3b3o55b3o3b3o7b3o3b3o$16bobo3bob
o55bobo19bobo$16b3o3b3o55b3o19b3o4$14b3o7b3o51b3o23b3o$14bobo7bobo51bo
bo23bobo$8b3o3b3o7b3o3b3o39b3o3b3o23b3o3b3o$8bobo19bobo39bobo35bobo$8b
3o19b3o39b3o35b3o4$6b3o23b3o35b3o39b3o$6bobo23bobo35bobo39bobo$3o3b3o
23b3o3b3o23b3o3b3o39b3o3b3o$obo35bobo23bobo51bobo$3o35b3o23b3o51b3o4$
3o35b3o23b3o51b3o$obo35bobo23bobo51bobo$3o3b3o23b3o3b3o23b3o3b3o39b3o
3b3o$6bobo23bobo35bobo39bobo$6b3o23b3o35b3o39b3o4$8b3o19b3o39b3o35b3o$
8bobo19bobo39bobo35bobo$8b3o3b3o7b3o3b3o39b3o3b3o23b3o3b3o$14bobo7bobo
51bobo23bobo$14b3o7b3o51b3o23b3o4$16b3o3b3o55b3o19b3o$16bobo3bobo55bob
o19bobo$16b3o3b3o55b3o3b3o7b3o3b3o$86bobo7bobo$86b3o7b3o4$88b3o3b3o$
88bobo3bobo$88b3o3b3o!
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The components making up quasars and their relatives do not necessarily need four symmetrical parts stabilising each other. The following is a sample stabilised wick with one 90-degree turn, and above it the smallest version of this wick (which is a 36P3).
x = 98, y = 47, rule = B3/S23
4bo39bo7bo39bo$2b5o35b5o3b5o35b5o$bo5bo2b3o28bo5bobo5bo28b3o2bo5bo$obo
bo2bo32bobobo2bobo2bobobo32bo2bobobo$obo4bobo4bo25bobo4bobo4bobo25bo4b
obo4bobo$bo2b2o3bo4bo26bo2b2o5b2o2bo26bo4bo3b2o2bo$9bo4bo67bo4bo$10b3o
71b3o2$12b3o67b3o$10bo4bo2b3o55b3o2bo4bo$10bo4bo65bo4bo$10bo4bobo4bo
51bo4bobo4bo$17bo4bo51bo4bo$12b3o2bo4bo51bo4bo2b3o$18b3o55b3o2$20b3o
51b3o$18bo4bo2b3o39b3o2bo4bo$18bo4bo49bo4bo$18bo4bobo4bo35bo4bobo4bo$
25bo4bo35bo4bo$20b3o2bo4bo35bo4bo2b3o$26b3o39b3o2$28b3o35b3o$26bo4bo2b
3o23b3o2bo4bo$26bo4bo33bo4bo$26bo4bobo4bo19bo4bobo4bo$33bo4bo19bo4bo$
28b3o2bo4bo19bo4bo2b3o$34b3o23b3o2$36b3o19b3o$34bo4bo2b3o7b3o2bo4bo$
34bo4bo17bo4bo$34bo4bobo4bo3bo4bobo4bo$41bo4bo3bo4bo$36b3o2bo4bo3bo4bo
2b3o$42b3o7b3o2$44b3o3b3o$42bo4bobo4bo$42bo4bobo4bo$42bo4bobo4bo2$44b
3o3b3o!
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The quasar first appeared semi-naturally in April 2015 .[3]
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