 The galaxy's high surface brightness makes it an object that is visible to amateur astronomers using large amateur telescopes.Distance measurements for NGC 5005 vary from 13.7 megaparsecs (45 million light-years) to 34.6 megaparsecs (113 million light-years), averaging about 20 megaparsecs (65 million light-years).NGC 5005 contains a low ionization nuclear emission region (LINER) nucleus.