def search_target_obj(target):
    '''
    Query for a specific target:

    http://asterank.com/api/skymorph/search?<params>
    target	Target object (lookup in MPC).
    '''
    base_url = "http://asterank.com/api/skymorph/search?"

    if not isinstance(target, str):
        raise ValueError("The target arg you provided is not the type of str")
    else:
        base_url += "target=" + target

    return dispatch_http_get(base_url)