Was gifted a telescope I know nothing about

[Chickencyanide]

Hey everyone! Super novice here,  hoping to receive helpful advice, tips, etc.  I was gifted a celestron telescope and I am having troubles finding a the exact model of my telescope, parts, accessories, manuals, and age of the telescope. I've always been a relentless star gazer  getting my thrill looking through cheap telescopes and now I am lost with this one. Help I ask 

[johninderby]

An old Celestron8 fork mount SCT. Worth a look through this history of Celestron SCTs for more info.

https://stargazerslounge.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=267645

And ask this SGL member for advice.

 

[JOC]

It looks like it might be half handy if you could get it up and going.  It looks like it needs a finder scope, but if you haven't got an optical one to go in the rings you could pick up a cheap Red dot finder which would be just as useful and maybe remove the finder rings.   That thread linked to above looks useful.  Good luck with it.