Point light + halo

Ok. This feels rather stupid since I have been doin blender for a year now. But I need to ask how I can make a good point light in blender with a small shining halo around it. I have tried to make halo particles, spotlight halos, lamp + halo… but nothin looks like what I am used to from lightwave where they have a certain light called pointlight.

Not sure what you mean by point light. Posting an image would be helpful.

Well… a point light is a lamp in blender, which is an omnidirectional light and means it radiates in all directions.

This is what I want:
http://www.hernonet.net/images/18.1feb3a610a90cc9e3780004434/lykta-lysande%282%29.jpg

I can probably fake the glow with translucency and star/lines halos… but I want to make it without cheating with the glas. Though it doesn’t seem it is possible.

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