This library is an EXTENDED VERSION of the library published by A.Lancon and B.Rocca-Volmerange in 1992. The catalog contains near-IR spectra of 84 stars, obtained with the Fourier Transform Spectrograph at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The spectra cover the H and K atmospheric windows, i.e. wavelengths from 1.43 to 2.5 microns, with a typical resolving power of 500. The spectra have all been reduced again in 1996. The general procedure was as described in the original article, except that the intrinsic energy distributions of the stars used as references were assumed to be well represented by the models of Kurucz, 1993. Making extensive use of the Simbad data base, we have searched the literature on each of these stars, looking for effective temperature and extinction determinations. The new reduction improves the reliability of the continua, and reduces possible systematic differences between observing runs. The files contain the reduced spectra in FITS format, with fluxes in arbitrary units of energy per unit frequency (normalised to approximately 1 in the K band) and frequencies in cm^-1^, the natural units of Fourier Transform spectroscopy.

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