Tracy Burnett

As a complete newbie I'm currently reading through the posts for beginners and found this article very interesting. I was telling my other half who says why don't I use his dearly departed uncles binoculars and and see what's out there. I was like a kid in a sweetie shop because I'd forgotten they were here. To my ultimate dismay I can see nothing because of the cloud cover. Never the less I am the owner of a pair of Swift Saratoga 8x40 m1 binoculars from 1967. I can wait for a clear sky now ?