skylight.

UAL2831 United

Boeing 737-9 · N37538 · SFO → ?

· 1:22Quality 91clip shortside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −86%). 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
81%
First lockfrom target selected
11.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.11° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.33° / 0.28°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
67.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
62.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.13° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.69° / 0.76°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.67°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.36°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.68°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.50°
Zoom steps
40

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2831
Registration
N37538
Type
Boeing 737-9
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
278 kt
Altitude at closest
7,400 ft
Vertical rate
+2,240 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a44940

Pass geometry

Max elevation
19.3°
Elevation at start → end
14.9° → 14.8°
Azimuth at start → end
289° WNW → 209° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
248° WSW
Minimum slant range
6.6 km
Heading at closest
174° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (74°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:22 (81.6 s)
Lock
81%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16e — A/B mountPrior + candidate diagnostics
Commit
ffe4b92
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
45.2 MB · 58.6 s · offset -0.5 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
-0.1
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