X-ray surface brightness profiles of the emission surrounding 3C 444. The emission was divided into four quadrants, with the north and south quadrants combined to make a longitudinal profile (black) and the east and west quadrants combined to make a transverse profile (red). A sharp drop is present in the N–S direction at ~45 arcsec, while a less sharp drop is present at ~30 arcsec in the E–W direction.