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Hi Brent,
I would have expected you to see quite a bunch of resolvable stars with 47 Tuc, but perhaps if transparency was poor that might be the reason. NGC 362 is another sizeable GC in that area - not as big or bright as 47 Tuc and fewer resolvable stars. I would think that at 200X assuming your scope is f6 that 47 tuc would more than fill your field of view but sprawl way beyond it.
The problem with using a red dot finder alone is that the view is not magnified and I find it can be hard to find exactly what I"m looking for. So I have both a red dot finder and a magnified 8x50 finderscope on my scope. I use the first to point the scope in the right direction and if what I want isn't in the FOV I can use the magnified finder to get it on the target. This is very useful for harder to find targets when I need to use little patterns of stars to get the target - the (corrected view) magnified finder shows them very well.
It will be interesting to hear your reaction when you do get on to 47 Tuc with clear skies. You will have no doubt about what you've seen.
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