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What is the orbit of the standard conformal structure on $S^2$ under $\operatorname{GL}_+(3,\mathbb{R})$?

$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}\DeclareMathOperator\PSL{PSL}$Consider the group $\GL_+(3,\mathbb{R})$ acting on $\mathbb{R}^3$. It induces an action of $\GL_+(3,\mathbb{R})/\mathbb{R}_+$, which is isomorphic to $SL(3,\mathbb{R})$, on the "sphere at infinity". Moreover, the group of Moebius transformations $\PSL(2,\mathbb{C})$ of the sphere at infinity is a $6$-dimensional group (over $\mathbb{R}$). What is the $\SL(3,\mathbb{R})$-orbit of the standard conformal structure $c$ on the $2$-sphere at infinity?

Could someone perhaps describe this homogeneous space more concretely? (I took LSpice's and IanAgol's comments into consideration and re-edited my post!).

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