yes it is hardcoded, to the location that matches whatever venus would generate in the esvelt lab
i think the location as -58.2 is correct, since the origin is not exactly at the LFB of the STAR i think. so it is still roughly inside the star
see also this related thread Discard tip issues on STARlet and the linked thread on labautomation.io Having to teach waste on new chassis STARS (STAR23) - Hamilton (Venus) - Lab Automation Forums
yes ideally we have a flag for this