MS in the stellar component according to our simulation with a 9:1 LMC–SMC mass ratio. The panels are similar to those found in Figure 3, but instead of column densities we show magnitudes per square arcsecond. Blue squares in panels A and B show the present-day positions of the centers of the SMC and LMC, respectively. For this analysis we have assumed a single-age population (5 Gyr old) observed in the V band. The majority of stars are stripped from the SMC and extend in a very thin, very low-density (∼30 mag arcsec⁻²) filament that would be difficult to observe.