Location of the provisional North PLATO LOP Field (LOPN1) 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. Knownexoplanets are plotted with red crosses; those with more than 50 bibliographic references are over-plotted with red circles and their area is proportional to the number of references.