Here at Micscape, we consider an Amateur Microscopist to be anyone practising Microscopical study for the sheer love of it. Many professionals find themselves in a related career due to their own original love of this area of study. We exclude no-one and welcome all. Our use of the word is merely to position ourselves as a group prepared to help anyone get going without them fearing being 'put-off' by their complete lack of knowledge.
Proficient amateurs are only too willing to help others and share what they have discovered.
With so much in the sky to observe, it is of great benefit to have so many eager eyes to watch over the nightly transition of large objects in space. The same is true of Microscopy. Micscape works across all domains, from amateur to professional, from artist to scientist, from musician to botanist, from writer to manufacturer, to bring together a concerted effort of human skills, innovation, and enthusiasm to benefit everyone involved. Co-operation and collaboration on this magnitude is bringing about a revival in a scientific study area which, in some unexplained way, has been largely ignored both in our educational institutes and in our daily lives. We enter a new century shortly.