How to create a dust ring

[thefallenghost]

Hello,
How can I create a dust ring (or any type of ring) around a certain star?
Thanks.

[eburacum45]

There is a topic about this subject here;
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=13209&p=110267&hilit=fomalhaut#p110267

I must admit that the image I created in that thread was mostly acheived using post-processing with Gimp; but I did manage to make a relatively acceptable dust ring for Fomalhaut. I used a large billboard centred on the star, duplicated to appear above and below the ecliptic (otherise it disappears when you are inside it).

[thefallenghost]

Then how do Saturn's rings work?

[Hungry4info]

Saturn's rings are defined in the .ssc file for Saturn.

I've put rings around stars in the same method, (placing an ssc ojbect inside a star) but it always looked weird. The ring was not illuminated the same from all directions, and other glitches made things look worse.

I have placed a dust ring around Fomalhaut using a dsc object, with a custom template image thing. It looks fairly acceptable.

[BobHegwood]

You might also wish to examine some of Bertrand's add-ons on the Motherlode.
Just have a look at some of the ring systems he has created for the Star Trek
category. His user-id is bdfd.

Some really different, and interesting large ring systems for asteroids.
Just a thought.

Thanks, Brain-Dead