Svalbard was by far the best holiday EVA!!! We went there for the 2008 solar eclipse. We sailed for Franz Joseph Land but we got icebound for a couple of days. This caused a few polar bears to come up to our ship and watch and sniff us. We saw seven polar bears all up. Absolutely fantastic. We got to see about half of the eclipse. It was very cloudy but that helped us to glimpse what was going on. Highly recommended place to visit. We are also visiting the Kamchatka Peninsula later this year. No astro but hopefully some interesting volcanoes in the distance.
I contacted your suggested dealer and they recommended Polemaster for polar alignment instead of getting QHY5L-II-M. I asked about a colour version of the QHY and I was told:
They are also doing pre-ordering of the Williams Optics Redcat 51 for HKD5680. Hide my credit card.It's less sensitive and the bayer matrix would degrade the resolution.