Circular but through binoculars it was multiple lights together

It is a very cold 16 degree, dark morning and my husband and I decided to take a short walk down the street. As soon as we went out there was a very bright light in the sky that caught our attention. There were no other stars visible. It seemed extremely unnaturally bright for a star and felt more manufactured light than celestial light. We ignored it and took a short walk thinking it might have been a plane flying right towards us. When we turned around it was still in the same location? I got my StarView app to see what it was? Nothing came up on its location. I came in house to get my binoculars and our son came out to see it as well. When we looked at it through the binoculars, we could see it was last least 4 smaller lights in an odd formation. We watched it for about 15 minutes but because of the cold, we decided to come in. Not sure what is was but we know what it was not. Not listed in the SkyView app as a planet, star or space station. Not a plane as he didn’t move. Just odd uncomfortable sighting of something that shouldn’t have been in the sky. After I wrote this we went back out, but it is gone.