APL (Dyalog Classic), 26 bytes

' *0'[(⊣⌿⍪2×⊢)(⊖,~)∘.≤⍨⍳⎕]

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APL (Dyalog Classic), 25 bytes

' *0'[(⊣⌿⍪+⍨)(⊖,~)∘.≤⍨⍳⎕]

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        0         
       000        
      00000       
     0000000      
    000000000     
   00000000000    
  0000000000000   
 000000000000000  
00000000000000000 

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                 00000                  
                0000000                 
               000000000                
              00000000000               
             0000000000000              
            000000000000000             
           00000000000000000            
          0000000000000000000           
         000000000000000000000          
        00000000000000000000000         
       0000000000000000000000000        
      000000000000000000000000000       
     00000000000000000000000000000      
    0000000000000000000000000000000     
   000000000000000000000000000000000    
  00000000000000000000000000000000000   
 0000000000000000000000000000000000000  
000000000000000000000000000000000000000