[brett05]

Hi, I'm new here and very new to astronomy. I bought a Celestron telescope (I'll have to confirm the model when I get home) to view the last lunar eclipse. We ended up having quite bad whether that night, but the following night I viewed some excellent shots of the moon and even managed to take some reasonable photos by holding my digital compact camera up to the eyepiece. I am really interested in viewing other objects in the sky in particular some planets, however I have no idea how to identify where to point the telescope in the sky. I've tried doing some reading and am totally lost and feel out of my depth.
Is there a guide for complete no knowledge beginners like myself to locate a planet or something else interesting in the sky?

Cheers, Brett