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Hi middy ! binocular astronomy will give you some of the best night time views available. The key things to look for in an astro binocular are:1/ Bak-4 prisms - this prevents light cut off - then making sure the lens are: 2/ 'F.M.C.' - 'Fully Multi Coated' which increases light transmission and contrast. [Also called 'Broadband' coatings]. 3/ They have a good return policy and that they arrive in pristine condition and are well collimated. 4/ Do you want to hand hold ? once you get to 12x or more and / or more then 60mm you do have to look at mounting them on some form of tripod. I am assuming you do want to hand hold as you want to keep 'to a low magnification'. Some people can hand hold the more light weight 15x70's and even the 20x80's but you will see more if they are steady. Having said that I tend to recommend a 10x50 as a 'first time' binocular. The 10x60's you are looking at for $99 appear to have 'coated only' lens. 'Coated only' lens will give increased internal reflections and provide less contrast. Andrews also sell a 10x50 'Water proof, nitrogen filled, Bak4 prism and FMC' bino for the same price of $99 which I would recommend over the lower speced 10x60's. 'AOE' sell 2x pairs of 60mm at 9x and 12x both for $109 with FMC / Bak-4 prisms - this will give you increased light grasp over the 50mms. AOE also have some 70mm at 11xand 15x for $139 with the Hi specs- however as mentioned before these are really tripod mounted size binos - having said that a Hi quality 15x70 bino does give incredible dark sky viewing. 'Demo-ing' some different binos would be an excellent idea - as I and others can recommend binos but you really do have to try various ones at it is a personal choice. 'You pay for what you get' is very applicable for optical instruments - do pay a bit more money for a better class of bino if you can - no one ever regretted paying for quality. Good luck.
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