Distribution of known quasars behind the Magellanic system (top) with enlargements on the LMC (bottom-left) and SMC (bottom-right). All known quasars are shown with filled small black squares while those positionally matched with presently available VMC data are shown in red. Large empty blue rectangles indicate the VMC tiles. Contour plots show the distribution of evolved giant stars which delineate the outer structure and bar of the galaxies. Coordinates are given with respect to (α₀, δ₀) = (51°,  − 69°).