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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2017
New spectrophotometric, photometric and polarimetric observations of V444 Cygni confirm the basic conclusion that the WN5 star has a small core radius (r c < 4 R ⊙) and a high core temperature (T c > 60 000 K), which are characteristic of massive helium stars. Values of r c < 3 — 6 R⊙ and T c > 70 000 — 90 000 K for the core of the WN7 star in the Cygnus X-3 system agree well with this conclusion. A clumping structure of WR winds is suggested. X-ray observations of colliding winds in WR+O binaries suggest radial expansion and anomalous chemical composition of WR winds.