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Ok, pretty sure I am getting it. I have a 'shopping trolley' of what appears to be HIP 1651 and HIP 2186 plus 2 unidentified stars below giving a shopping trolley basket shape. (Stellarium ).
My setting circles seem to put me pretty close to the RA/Dec numbers in Stellarium although I hadn't levelled the base. It was just grab and go at the last minute.
But still not very bright or big although I am putting that down to LP in that region. There are not many bright marker stars to navigate from.
Quite a distinct core with a lot of stars. My 12 mm seems to give best result and averted vision lets me pickup a lot of peripheral stars. I think I am being misled by the very distinctive image Stallarium puts on it. It is certainly quite a dense group and looks more like Astrorons photo (thanks for the link Alex). I also spotted another smaller cluster nearby but not being sure about 47 Tuc I wouldn't hazard a guess as to ID.
More work to do obviously. I'm getting there one cluster at a time.
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