===== First Extragalactic Detection of HCN =====

L. J. Rickard, B. E. Turner, P. Palmer, M. Morris, and B. Zuckerman,\\
**[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977ApJ...214..390R|Observations of extragalactic molecules. II - HCN and CS]]**,\\
//Astrophys. J.// **214**, 390-393 (1977).

Source(s): NGC253, M82\\
Facility: NRAO 11m\\
Comment: CS was searched for but remained undetected here.


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==== First Extragalactic Detection of H13CN ====

R. Mauersberger and C. Henkel\\
**[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991A%26A...245..457M|Dense gas in nearby galaxies. IV - The detection of N<sub>2</sub>H<sup>+</sup>, SiO, H<sup>13</sup>CO<sup>+</sup>, H<sup>13</sup>CN, and HN<sup>13</sup>C]]**,\\
//Astron. Astrophys.// **245**, 457-466 (1991).

Source(s): NGC253\\
Facility: IRAM 30m


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==== First Extragalactic Detection of DCN ====

Y.-N. Chin, C. Henkel, T. J. Millar, J. B. Whiteoak, and R. Mauersberger, R.\\
**[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996A%26A...312L..33C|Molecular abundances in the Magellanic Clouds. II. Deuterated species in the LMC]]**,\\
//Astron. Astrophys.// **312**, L33-L36 (1996).

Source(s): LMC\\
Facility: SEST 15m


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==== First Extragalactic Detection of HC15N ====

Y.-N. Chin, C. Henkel, N. Langer, and R. Mauersberger\\
**[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999ApJ...512L.143C|The Detection of Extragalactic <sup>15</sup>N: Consequences for Nitrogen Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution]]** ,\\
//Astrophys. J.// **512**, L143-L146 (1999).

Source(s): LMC\\
Facility: SEST 15m


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Contributor(s): S. Thorwirth; 09/2005

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