XMM-Newton image in the 0.5–10 keV band of A3376. The white contours correspond to VLA radio observations. The red sectors are used to extract the X-ray SB profile in the E and W directions. The dashed red line represents the circular (ε = 0) shaped sector used for the SB profiles. The magenta and green lines are the elliptical shaped sectors with ε = 0.60 and ε = 0.73, respectively.