Large-scale Chandra images of A496. (a) Chandra 0.5–4 keV image of the central 60 kpc × 60 kpc region of A496, smoothed with a $\sigma =0\stackrel{″}{.}5$ Gaussian. The green cross marks the location of the cD galaxy. (b) Chandra 0.5–4 keV image of the central 140 kpc × 140 kpc region. White lines mark the position of the inner cold fronts. (c) Chandra 0.5–4 keV image of the whole cool core, smoothed with a σ = 1″ Gaussian. White lines mark the position of the outermost cold front. (d) GMRT 330 MHz contours from Fig. 3a at levels of 1.8, 7.2, 28.8, and 115.2 mJy/beam (12″ resolution), overlaid on the Chandra 0.5–4 keV image, smoothed with a σ = 1″ Gaussian.