C-heptomino

	C-heptomino
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Pattern type	Methuselah
Number of cells	7
Bounding box	4 × 3
Lifespan	148 generations
L/I	21.1
Discovered by	John Conway
Year of discovery	1970
Pattern files
Plaintext	cheptomino.cells
RLE	cheptomino.rle

The C-heptomino is a methuselah that evolves in the same way as a B-heptomino after its second generation and thus evolves into three blocks, two gliders and a ship after 148 generations. It was named by John Conway.

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