Index: trunk/psastro/src/psastroMaskUpdates.c
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--- trunk/psastro/src/psastroMaskUpdates.c	(revision 41551)
+++ trunk/psastro/src/psastroMaskUpdates.c	(revision 41657)
@@ -127,5 +127,5 @@
     }
     psLogMsg ("psastro", PS_LOG_INFO, "generating a bright-star mask");
-    
+ 
     bool REFSTAR_MASK_BLEED                = psMetadataLookupBool (&status, recipe, "REFSTAR_MASK_BLEED");
     bool REFSTAR_MASK_BLEED_ORIENTATION_X  = psMetadataLookupBool (&status, recipe, "REFSTAR_MASK_BLEED_ORIENTATION_X");
@@ -479,5 +479,6 @@
                             ref->chip->x,ref->chip->y,ref->Mag,radius);
                     // XXX for now, assume cell binning is 1x1 relative to chip
-                    psastroMaskCircle (readoutMask->mask, crosstalkMaskValue, ref->chip->x, ref->chip->y, radius, radius);
+                    //For the moment, make the crostalk masks into ovals by doing a simple 1:2 scaling with radius. Not ideal, but better until we can get more examples.
+                    psastroMaskCircle (readoutMask->mask, crosstalkMaskValue, ref->chip->x, ref->chip->y, radius/2., radius);
                   }
                 }
