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This lecture covers spherically symmetric and static astrophysical objects, focusing on more general black holes, the Penrose diagram of Minkowski spacetime, and the modeling of matter in static systems. The instructor discusses the Einstein equations, the Penrose diagram of a black hole, and the possible static astrophysical objects such as planets, asteroids, white dwarfs, and neutron stars.