Plane of symmetry in alphabet N

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My teacher says that "N" has no plane of symmetry(POS). But shouldn't the plane shown with blue be POS?
I understand that a plane of symmetry bisects a molecule into halves that are mirror images of each other. For this reason, this plane shown here should be the POS. Where am I wrong?https://www.physicsforums.com/attachments/98339
 
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I'm not seeing it. The attachment isn't working, but I tried a few direct approaches, and I am assuming you are talking about [itex]\sigma_v[/itex] operation:

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