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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	6
Period	2 (mod: Unknown)
Heat	Unknown
Volatility	Unknown \| Unknown
Kinetic symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	John Conway
Year of discovery	1970
Pattern files
Plaintext	beacon.cells
RLE	beacon.rle

Revision as of 17:40, 13 January 2009

The beacon is the third most common oscillator (after the blinker and toad). It was found by John Conway in March 1970.

Beacon at the Life Lexicon

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	{{Oscillator\|p=2\|name=Beacon\|pname=beacon\|c=6\|life105=true\|life106=true\|plaintext=true\|rle=true\|discoverer=John Conway\|discoveryear=1970}}		{{Oscillator\|p=2\|name=Beacon\|pname=beacon\|c=6\|animated=true\|life105=true\|life106=true\|plaintext=true\|rle=true\|discoverer=John Conway\|discoveryear=1970}}
	The '''beacon''' is the third most common [[oscillator]] (after the [[blinker]] and [[toad]]). It was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by John Conway\|John Conway]] in March [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970\|1970]].		The '''beacon''' is the third most common [[oscillator]] (after the [[blinker]] and [[toad]]). It was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by John Conway\|John Conway]] in March [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970\|1970]].