Angel

Angel
x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23 2bo$2ob2o$bobo$2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
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Pattern type	Miscellaneous
Number of cells	8
Bounding box	5 × 4
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B36/S238 # of rules 22 = 4 Isotropic rules B3-ckqy/S2-en3aijkq – B2in34-a5-y67c/S234-aiq5-iqy6-c7c8
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 2 Uploaded synthesis RLE angel_synth.rle
Pattern files Plaintext angel.cells RLE angel.rle

The angel is a common predecessor of a single, edgeshot blinker. Two of the three two-glider synthesis of a single blinker make the blinker via an angel.

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x = 4, y = 4, rule = B3/S23 2bo$bobo$o2bo$o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ GPS 4 THUMBSIZE 2 ]]

A common angel predecessor (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23 2bo$2ob2o$bobo$2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ GPS 6 THUMBSIZE 2 STOP 19 ]]

An angel with one extra cell becomes a glide-reflected angel after 19-generations (this is a 3c/38 diagonal spaceship partial) (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here