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ASA753 Alaska

Boeing 737NG 990ER/W · N264AK · SFO → ?

· 0:25Quality 51soft focuslost locknose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −78%). 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
43%
First lockfrom target selected
8.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.18° / 0.30°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.57° / 1.12°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
12.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.18° / 0.26°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.52° / 0.64°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.92°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.45°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.43°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.14°
Zoom steps
20

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA753
Registration
N264AK
Type
Boeing 737NG 990ER/W
Airline
Alaska
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
298 kt
Altitude at closest
9,650 ft
Vertical rate
+2,880 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a28de3

Pass geometry

Max elevation
19.7°
Elevation at start → end
19.7° → 15.9°
Azimuth at start → end
217° SW → 206° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
217° SW
Minimum slant range
8.8 km
Heading at closest
184° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (33°)
Turn
straight (11°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:25 (24.5 s)
Lock
43%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15q — drive speed latched at the lens position; measured speed bytes only; auto-cal keeps gains
Commit
44f2d6a
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
12.0 MB · 24.0 s · offset -1.0 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
maxSpeedStepFwps
0.45
speedReachFrac
0.8
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
sigmaGrowthDps
0.1
aimLeadSec
-0.27
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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