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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
We have carried out a full spectroscopic analysis of the WC8 star in the γ2 Vel binary (WR11). Through the binary radial-velocity curve the mass of the WR star can be determined, and hence its luminosity can be derived through the mass-luminosity relation for WR stars. This can be compared to the luminosity from the spectroscopic analysis. We find that the standard modeling methods underestimate the luminosity of the WR star.