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ASA688 Alaska

Boeing 737NG 890/W · N527AS

· 1:58Quality 95side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −76%). 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
86%
First lockfrom target selected
13.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.12° / 0.14°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.36° / 0.33°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
102.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
78.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.16° / 0.18°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.07° / 0.96°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.92°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.99°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.72°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.19°
Zoom steps
36

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA688
Registration
N527AS
Type
Boeing 737NG 890/W
Airline
Alaska
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
241 kt
Altitude at closest
10,575 ft
Vertical rate
-2,816 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a6a300

Pass geometry

Max elevation
68.4°
Elevation at start → end
24.9° → 19.0°
Azimuth at start → end
330° NNW → 135° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
47° NE
Minimum slant range
3.4 km
Heading at closest
139° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
straight (14°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:58 (117.6 s)
Lock
86%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15s — bias fold follows a ramp; no pass below the skyline
Commit
cdd2256
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
57.2 MB · 115.0 s · offset -1.5 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
-0.16
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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