You can see this yourself with dark skies and a decent small telescope.

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Horsehead Nebula in Herschel and HST images

Herschel sees much longer wavelengths than HST, so its resolution isn’t as good even though it has a bigger mirror. Credit: ESA/NASA

Horsehead Nebula
Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)

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