2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/5125We consider a spherically symmetric, Petrov-type D, spacetime with hyper-surface orthogonal, radial, homothetic Killing vector. In this work, some general properties of this spacetime for non-singular and non-degenerate data are presented. We also present the source-free electromagnetic fields in this spacetime. We then discuss general astrophysical relevance of the results obtained for this spacetime.Revtex4, No figuresAstrophysicsGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologySpherical gravitational collapse and electromagnetic fields in radially homothetic spacetimestext