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A58532

· 0:39Quality 69nose/tailturned left 19°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −59%). Download

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
62%
First lockfrom target selected
10.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.53° / 0.85°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.89° / 1.47°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
8.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
7.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.10° / 0.22°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.32° / 0.86°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
4.2
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.91°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.06°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.93°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.32°
Zoom steps
34

Aircraft & route

Flight
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Registration
—
Type
—
Airline
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From
—
To
—
Ground speed
374 kt
Altitude at closest
13,675 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a58532

Pass geometry

Max elevation
69.6°
Elevation at start → end
21.8° → 69.6°
Azimuth at start → end
349° N → 342° NNW
Closest-approach azimuth
342° NNW
Minimum slant range
4.5 km
Heading at closest
157° SSE
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (4°)
Turn
turned left 19°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:39 (38.7 s)
Lock
62%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13h — no zoom-focus direct while the lens is still zooming (wedge race)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
19.5 MB · 39.0 s · offset -1.4 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