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PCJ20

N820MJ

· 0:44Quality 66low zoomnose/tailOverhead

3D replay

Trace

Where the aircraft sat in the frame, second by second. Click the chart to jump the video there.

—FOV —az —el —pose —
Lock

Events

Tracking metrics

How well the camera kept the aircraft centred. Tap a metric for what it means and what good looks like.

Lockshare of the pass
50%
First lockfrom target selected
7.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.27° / 0.61°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.60° / 1.99°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
10.8°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
0.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.73°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.95°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
PCJ20
Registration
N820MJ
Type
—
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
230 kt
Altitude at closest
2,250 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A1
ICAO hex
ab31f7

Pass geometry

Max elevation
88.6°
Elevation at start → end
15.1° → 13.2°
Azimuth at start → end
117° ESE → 298° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
27° NNE
Minimum slant range
649 m
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (1°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
Yes — camera flipped over the top
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:44 (43.5 s)
Lock
50%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-13g — debanding (archive s2 + live shader)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
21.6 MB · 43.0 s · offset -1.0 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
rateFloorDegPerDps
2.5
rateFloorMaxDeg
12
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License