Overlap between CHEOPS/Ariel and LOPS2 (orthographic projection in galactic coordinates). Left panel: sky area forbidden to CHEOPS (in magenta) due to the Sun Exclusion Angle currently set at 120° (corresponding to β < –60° for the southern ecliptic cap). P1 targets are plotted as black dots. Right panel: ariel targets from the current MRS. Confirmed targets belonging to the Ariel Tier 1/2/3 (see text for details) are plotted as yellow, orange and red dots, respectively, while the TESS candidate planets are plotted as gray crosses (see text for details). The yellow circle is the TESS CVZ.