Tom,
That's a big serious bino, and if it's your first instrument, there will be some time on the learning curve of finding best focus, locating objects, and getting around in the sky. But, get that thing out to a dark site, and the summer Milky Way will just about knock you out, I promise.

I put a 6" f/8 Newtonian together when I was, yes, a physics undergrad. Ah, the pristeen sky above the infinite cow pastures of Mississippi State U in 1970! Welcome to the forum.
Ron