Geometry of the PLATO field FOV, here it is centered at the origin (0,0) of a generic spherical reference frame (units are degrees; projection is orthographic). The number of “normal” cameras covering a given line of sight is color-coded. The four blue shades, from dark to light, map regions observed with 24, 18, 12, six cameras (corresponding to four, three, two, and one group(s) of six co-pointing telescopes each, respectively).