10x50 binocs and magnitude 5 stars in light polluted skies.

My 10x50 Nikon binoculars (variable) gives about 4 degrees FOV. The finderscope gives about 6degs. But seeing stars/DSO with greater than magnitude 8 with binoculars in  these light-polluted skies (hardly any moonlight) was near impossible. My binoculars had no problem with stars around magnitude 5 (UMa 38) in city lights.

With the naked eye, stars with magnitude 3 are barely visible with the naked eye - I had a difficult time seeing the Aquarian waterjug or Piscean circlet without binoculars