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ASA1330 Alaska

Boeing 737MAX 9 · N979AK · SFO → ?

· 0:27Quality 62wrap pinnedquarteringDead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −51%). 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
53%
First lockfrom target selected
13.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
2.10° / 0.13°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
6.88° / 0.35°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
9.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
11.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
2.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.38° / 0.08°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.20° / 0.28°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.00°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.48°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.33°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.41°
Zoom steps
22

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA1330
Registration
N979AK
Type
Boeing 737MAX 9
Airline
Alaska
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
301 kt
Altitude at closest
8,925 ft
Vertical rate
+2,944 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ada51e

Pass geometry

Max elevation
24.9°
Elevation at start → end
24.9° → 18.2°
Azimuth at start → end
227° SW → 210° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
227° SW
Minimum slant range
6.5 km
Heading at closest
185° S
Aspect at closest
quartering (42°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:27 (26.7 s)
Lock
53%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13i — slower zoom ladder (one rung, 1.5 s)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
13.5 MB · 27.0 s · offset -1.5 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