LMC X-1: A New Spectral Analysis of the O-star in the binary and
  surrounding nebula
  We provide new observations of the LMC X-1 O star and its extended nebula
structure using spectroscopic data from VLT/UVES as well as H$\alpha$ imaging
from the Wide Field Imager on the Max Planck Gesellschaft / European Southern
Observatory 2.2m telescope and ATCA imaging of the 2.1 GHz radio continuum.
This nebula is one of the few known to be energized by an X-ray binary. We use
a new spectrum extraction technique that is superior to other methods to obtain
both radial velocities and fluxes. This provides an updated spatial velocity of
$\simeq 21.0~\pm~4.8$ km s$^{-1}$ for the O star. The slit encompasses both the
photo-ionized and shock-ionized regions of the nebula. The imaging shows a
clear arc-like structure reminiscent of a wind bow shock in between the
ionization cone and shock-ionized nebula. The observed structure can be fit
well by the parabolic shape of a wind bow shock. If an interpretation of a wind
bow shock system is valid, we investigate the N159-O1 star cluster as a
potential parent of the system, suggesting a progenitor mass of $\sim 60$
M$_{\odot}$ for the black hole. We further note that the radio emission could
be non-thermal emission from the wind bow shock, or synchrotron emission
associated with the jet inflated nebula. For both wind and jet-powered origins,
this would represent one of the first radio detections of such a structure.
