Well cloud gazing is kinda neat also. When I got my very first digital camera I was working as a clerk at another hotel. At that time the weather was being turbulent and very unpredictable. Anvil cloud formations popped up in the late afternoon, early evening hours. The setting sun lit them up and I got some beautiful shots. Close ups looked like you were flying through the clouds.
So having clouds can be an alternative to stars.
No doubt they can often be cool - but stars to me will always be the more epic alternative