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Satellite scope acting weird under high zoom #28

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Description

As seen in this GIF, the satellite sort of... curves around the center? When I'm zoomed in to 1°:
Image

Steps to reproduce exactly what's in the GIF:

  1. Import these TLEs:
ORBCOMM FM20            
1 25416U 98046D   26095.41360914  .00001352  00000+0  48992-3 0  9990
2 25416  44.9934 236.5698 0000946 230.8304 129.2460 14.37957522446318
  1. Select ORBCOMM FM20 (NORAD 25416)
  2. Set the location to 45.00°N, 00.00°E, Alt=0.00
  3. Set the Satellite Scope to Az = 89.6°, El = 18.8°, Beam = 1.0°, no lock
  4. Set the time to 2026-04-07T05:37:52+00:00 (Unix epoch 1775540272)

Despite the very specific instructions, I have observed this with several different satellites and locations.
With some locations and passes, there's less curving and more jittering.

System info:
CPU: Intel i5-4200m
GPU: Intel HD 4600
RAM: 16GB
OS: Void Linux (glibc)

Logs:
I doubt they're relevant here, but just in case:
log.txt

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