Method for Operating a Microscopy Arrangement and Microscopy Arrangement Having a First Microscope and at Least One Further Microscope

Microscopy arrangement comprising:

• a first microscope and at least one further microscope, wherein each of said microscopes has an optical axis and said optical axis of the respective first and at least one further microscope do not coincide,
• a carrier apparatus that is embodied in said arrangement to receive and hold a specimen carrier,
• coordinate measuring apparatuses, by means of which current coordinates of the carrier apparatus are continuously captured or capturable,
• a computer unit embodied in said arrangement to set up a three-dimensional reference coordinate system, in which the coordinates of the extent of the optical axis of the first microscope (hereinafter sometimes also referred to as the “first optical axis”) and the coordinates of the extent of the optical axis of the at least one further microscope (hereinafter sometimes also referred to as the “further optical axis”) are known and stored or in which the coordinates of the extent of the optical axis of the first microscope established by means of at least one said present coordinate measuring apparatus and the coordinates of the extent of the further optical axis of the at least one further microscope are stored and serve as reference axis,
• a transporting apparatus, which is embodied in said arrangement to deliver the carrier apparatus to one of the said optical axes,
• said computer unit configured to compare current coordinates of the carrier apparatus captured by means of the coordinate measuring apparatuses to coordinates of the optical axis of the at least one further microscope, wherein the comparison is effected between coordinates of a reference point set on the optical axis of the first microscope and the coordinates of the optical axis of the at least one further microscope,
• a control unit for producing control commands depending on the differences, established by means of the comparison, between the current coordinates of the reference point and the coordinates of the further optical axis and for controlling the delivery movement of the carrier apparatus depending on the control commands such that the carrier apparatus is positioned in such a way that the reference point coincides with the further optical axis.