I was wondering: this still life is known, correct?

[Hdjensofjfnen]

Is this still life known? If yes, what is it called?

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x = 5, y = 7
2bo2b$bobob$bobob$2ob2o$bobob$bobob$2bo2b!

[praosylen]

Yes, pretty much all still lives are either known or uninteresting.

[muzik]

Hat siamese hat?

[drc]

[quote="Hdjensofjfnen"]Is this still life known? If yes, what is it called?
hat siamese hat

Edit: damn it

[FractalFusion]

It's called hat siamese hat on Catagolue:

https://catagolue.appspot.com/object/xs14_4aaraa4/b3s23

Certainly someone found it interesting enough to give it a name, but there are a lot of 14-cell still lifes (from http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Still_life , 619+279=898 such still lifes), and there are even more for still lifes with a greater number of cells.

Not a lot of small still lifes have full orthogonal (such as beehive) symmetry, though, so at least it's notable in that sense. However, it doesn't appear to be useful.

[Hdjensofjfnen]

All right, so it's hat siamese hat.

[gameoflifeboy]

There is another form of hat siamese hat:

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x = 8, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
2bo$bobo$bobo$2ob2ob2o$4bobo$4bobo$5bo!

Hasn't anyone who tried naming still-lives ever stopped to consider this one?

EDIT: Actually, this one is a lot rarer and quite different so it could be called "shift hat siamese hat".

Is there a script that gives all possible ways patterns can be combined to make a still life, including dependent but not touching, touching, and sharing parts?