FernalcTs discovery of the recent outburst of Nova RS Ophiuchi on July 14.1, 1958 (UT) was telephoned to the Mount Wilson Observatory from Berkeley by Dr. Leland E. Cunningham. The star reached maximum at about magnitude 5.0 later that night. It has since been reported that Peltier had observed the star at magnitude 11.1 on the previous night. I was the observer on the 60-inch telescope on the ...