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ASA776 Alaska

Boeing 737-900 · N434AS · SFO → ?

· 1:38Quality 94clip shortside-on

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
89%
First lockfrom target selected
3.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.13° / 0.14°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.63° / 0.36°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
64.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
85.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.21° / 0.24°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.26° / 1.42°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.87°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.67°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.60°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.10°
Zoom steps
25

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA776
Registration
N434AS
Type
Boeing 737-900
Airline
Alaska
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
287 kt
Altitude at closest
7,825 ft
Vertical rate
+3,072 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a5320b

Pass geometry

Max elevation
29.6°
Elevation at start → end
22.8° → 15.4°
Azimuth at start → end
305° NW → 204° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
263° W
Minimum slant range
4.8 km
Heading at closest
184° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (79°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:38 (97.6 s)
Lock
89%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16c — mount prior carried to the next target (silhouette reach reverted)
Commit
8649c7d
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
53.1 MB · 80.6 s · offset -1.3 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
-0.1
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