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Success...
With determination, compass, level, and star chart in hand, I took advantage of the spaces in between the fluffies that floated by and managed to get 47 TUC in the telescope view and tracked moderately well.
I have yet to figure out what I did right, mostly because I don't think I did anything different, but using binoculars and star chart, and a somewhat calibrated RA circle, I was eventually able to find my target after roughly 30 minutes of fussing, I did set my DEC wrong at first, 68 instead of 72 degrees.
Is it normal to isolate more detail with averted vision? I found quite a bit of depth could be realised if the object was slightly off centre and you let your eyes adjust accordingly.
Date: 06 December 2015
Time: 22:15 - 23:10
Location: my backyard (-33.4292, 151.3169)
Instrument: Celestron Celestar 8, 32 & 15 mm eye piece
Conditions: cool, some clouds, some humidity later on
Seeing: good (not quite as good as yesterday)
Transparency: also not as good but still had good detail
The cluster occupied roughly 35% of my view with the 32 mm. The denser grouping was to the upper left of centre and the cluster fanned out between 0 and 250 degrees. some stars were distinctly visible with averted vision, otherwise view had a nebulous appearance. 15 mm eye piece simply magnified the same view as the 32 mm, no discernible difference in detail.
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