Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20110213/psphot/src/psphotSignificanceImage.c
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--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20110213/psphot/src/psphotSignificanceImage.c	(revision 30749)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20110213/psphot/src/psphotSignificanceImage.c	(revision 30750)
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@
         minGauss = 0.5;
     }
+
+    // NOTE: for a faint extended-source detection pass, we over-smooth by SOMETHING
 
     // if we have already determined the PSF model, then we have a better idea how to smooth this image
@@ -99,5 +101,6 @@
                 smooth_im->data.F32[j][i] = 0.0;
             } else {
-		float v2 = value + PS_SQR(value/1000.0);
+		// XXX the value of 100 here (or 1000 before) must depend on the FWHM of the smoothing kernel, right??
+		float v2 = value + PS_SQR(value/100.0);
                 smooth_im->data.F32[j][i] = factor * PS_SQR(v2) / smooth_wt->data.F32[j][i];
             }