Location of the provisional South PLATO LOP Field (LOPS1) in a Galactic (left panel) and equatorial (right panel) projection. The PF is color-coded in blue shades according to the number of co-pointing “normal” cameras, from six (light blue) to 24 (dark blue). Stars brighter than V = 3 are plotted with green circles; their area is proportional to their V -band flux. Known exoplanets are plotted with red crosses; none of them reach the threshold of 50 bibliographic references. The position of the Large Magellanic cloud is over-plotted with a yellow ellipse.