Left panel: histogram of the number of stars per cell. Middle panel: distribution of the cells in the XY-plane, color coded by the number of stars per cell. The Sun’s position is at (X, Y) = (0, 0), and the Galactic center is to the right, at (X, Y)=(R_⊙, 0), with R_⊙ = 8.277 kpc (GRAVITY Collaboration et al. 2022). Right panel: same as the middle panel, but now color coded by the inferred h_Z in each cell.