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They are common problems in any type of photography.
You need to build a relationship with whoever does your prints. Avoid cheap outlets as you dont know who is running the machine, type of paper, how often its serviced etc. As good as home printers are they still cant beat profesionally processed prints. Ink based printers use a different colour system and will degrade within a short period of time. (5-10 years vs 90-100 years)
An easy and cheap way to calibrate your monitor is to have a print done requesting that there is no adjustment to the photo in store! Hold it next to the monitor and play with it till they look the same. Do it a few times making sure you walk away from the monitor, having a bit of a break each time.
I know bugger all about astro-photography but, have been stuffing around wth SLRs for around 25years. Motorcycles mainly and have been using the same place for prints for the last five years. If I'm not happy they will print again 'till I am.
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