What is the structure group of Hopf map $\pi :S^{15}\rightarrow S^8$?

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What is the structure group of Hopf map $\pi :S^{15}\rightarrow S^8$?

I know that $\pi :S^{15}\rightarrow S^8$ is a fiber bundle with fiber $S^7$. However $S^7$ cannot be a Lie group. But every fiber bundle has the structure group, then what is the structure group of $\pi :S^{15}\rightarrow S^8$?

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A priori it's $\text{Diff}(S^7)$. You might hope that it's possible to reduce it to something smaller like $O(8)$, which I think follows from the octonionic construction.