Altair IV

Altair IV was the inhabited fourth planet of the Altair system. This system was located in Sector 9. It was a Federation planet. (, ''okudagram; )

In 2285, in the Genesis cave, a Federation container bore the name of this planet. 

In the 2340s, on stardate 22991.6, Lieutenant Darien Wallace was born on Altair IV. This lieutenant's personnel file appeared in a hallucination of Deanna Troi's. (, okudagram)

In 2371, Dr. Henri Roget, of the Central Hospital of Altair IV, was awarded the prestigious Carrington Award for his work in the field of medicine. 

Background information
"AL-tair" was the pronunciation for this planet's name from the script pronunciation guide for.

Altair IV was referred to in the first draft script of, which established it as the place of origin of Altair water. The script also referred to it as "far away" from Earth.

According to Star Trek: Star Charts ("United Federation of Planets I") and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385"), Altair IV (Alpha Aquilae IV) was located in the Alpha Quadrant.

The noted that planet Altair IV was also the setting for the 1956 science fiction film.

Apocrypha
In the novel Beneath the Raptor's Wing, an Earth colony had been settled on Altair IV, and narrowly avoided destruction by Romulan weapons.

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