The new comet, C/2009 E1 (Itagaki), was discovered by amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki (Takanezawa, Japan) on the 14th March, 2009. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 7th April, 2009 at a distance of approximately 0.6 AU from the Sun. The comet could reach 10th magnitude.