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V, 13 bytes (non-competing)

17é0òÄlxx>òr*

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This is non-competing because V is newer than the challenge, but it's fun to beat the accepted answer by a huge margin. :D

Explanation:

17é0 " Insert 17 '0's
 ò ò " Recursively:
 Ä " Copy this line upwards
 l " Move one char to the right
 xx " Delete two characters
 > " Indent this line
 r* " Replace the last character with an asterisk