Try one of these on-line 555 calculators: **broken link removed**
Some starting values for you:
R1 = 2.2K (Enter as 2200)
R2 = 100K (Enter as 100000)
C1 = 10uF (Enter as 10)
A Darlington Circuit with a relay. Posted in another thread seemed to me to be an example of what your talking about when your controlling the Duty Cycle.