Altair in fiction

Altair (Alpha Aquilae) is a bright white star in the constellation Aquila that features in science fiction:

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In The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the common currency is the Altairian Dollar.
In the novel Sunstorm, a gas giant fifteen times the mass of Jupiter was launched by the Firstborn alien race from the Altair star system on a collision course with Earth's Sun in order to trigger a devastating solar flare that would completely sterilize the Earth.
Altair is the home of Ahrian in Leigh Brackett's The Woman from Altair.
Altair VI is a planet in The Winds of Altair by Ben Bova, a science fiction novel about the colonization and terraforming of this planet, which is home to a race as intelligent as man.

Altair is the homeworld of Harlan, an artificial lifeform in Stargate SG-1
The planet Altair IV is the main setting of the film Forbidden Planet
In Star Trek, Altair IV is the location of a prestigious hospital in the ST:DS9 episode ' Prophet Motive ', and a planet recovering from war with neighbouring Altair VI in the ST:TOS episode ' Amok Time '. Altair water is a commercially available beverage from the Altair system; in the movie Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Leonard McCoy drinks Altair water.
Altair V is the planet of origin for Rafael Argus in the ' 70s Buck Rogers episode "Plot to Kill A City"

Altair is the homeworld of the Ancients, an extinct civilization annihilated by the Shivans eight thousand years ago, in the space-combat simulation game, FreeSpace 2.
Altair is the homeworld of the Alkari, one of the alien races in the Master of Orion computer game series.
Altair is the first town visited and home of the rebels in Final Fantasy 2.
The Third Planet from Altair (Choose Your Own Adventure #7, by Edward Packard (author) and Paul Granger (illustrator)) describes in multiple scenarios an expedition to the planet of the namesake to investigate the source of transmitted signals received by Earth.